Uncle Kouzuki’s basement sounds a lot more terrifying as a title than The Handmaiden. There is a chamber full of torturous secrets under that house.

THE HANDMAIDEN

Park Chan-wook

2016

Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook

Screenplay by Park Chan-wook and Chung Seo-kyung; inspired by the novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Title: THE HANDMAIDEN

Year: 2016

Director: Park Chan-wook

Cast: Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook

Writing: Screenplay by Park Chan-wook and Chung Seo-kyung; inspired by the novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Genre tags: DRAMA