Movie Settings Database

The Handmaiden

Where:

🇰🇷 South Korea 🇯🇵 Japan

When:

The 1930s

"My saviour who came to ruin my life. My Tamako, my Sookee." — 1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a young woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle, but she's involved in something greater that will soon be revealed.

Released in 2016 — 145 minutes

Genres:

Thriller Drama Romance

Languages:

Japanese Korean