The Handmaiden
by Paulette Reynolds
September 3, 2017
South Korea
C J Entertainment
Director: Park Chan-Wook
Screenplay: Chung Seo-Kyung, Park Chan-Wook
Subtitled
Starring Kim Tae-ri/Sook-hee, Kim Min-hee/Lady Hideko, Ha Jung-woo/Count Fujiwara, Cho Jin-woong/Uncle
by Paulette Reynolds
September 3, 2017
South Korea
C J Entertainment
Director: Park Chan-Wook
Screenplay: Chung Seo-Kyung, Park Chan-Wook
Subtitled
Starring Kim Tae-ri/Sook-hee, Kim Min-hee/Lady Hideko, Ha Jung-woo/Count Fujiwara, Cho Jin-woong/Uncle
This is a story of Sook-hee, who works for an efficient gang of thieves and child traffickers. She's one smart girl, that volunteers for a convoluted scheme to work as a young and dumb Handmaiden for a mistress who herself appears even more so. She reports back to her boss, the phony Count Fujiwara, while he comes courting the Mistress Hideko for a big score.
The Handmaiden is a rich and lavish tale of crime and death told in several parts, set against a changing landscape of sordid acts, wrapped in Western repression, Asian eroticism and fabulous costumes. The three main characters play an ongoing game of shift and counter shift, playing with our perceptions along the way.
The Handmaiden is a rich and lavish tale of crime and death told in several parts, set against a changing landscape of sordid acts, wrapped in Western repression, Asian eroticism and fabulous costumes. The three main characters play an ongoing game of shift and counter shift, playing with our perceptions along the way.
COPYRIGHT 2012/2017. Paulette Reynolds. All CineMata Movie Madness blog articles, reviews, faux interviews, commentary, and the Cine Mata character are under the sole ownership of Paulette Reynolds. All intellectual and creative rights reserved.
