The Handmaiden

Helmed by acclaimed director {|Park Chan-wook|} ({|Oldboy|}), this period drama set in 1930s Korea explores the relationship between a Korean handmaiden and a Japanese heiress. The handmaiden ({|Kim Tae-ri|}) is secretly a pickpocket who is working as part of a scheme to swindle the heiress ({|Kim Min-hee|}) out of her fortune, but that plan takes a backseat when the two women begin to fall in love. The Handmaiden was adapted from the novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, although the setting was changed from Victorian England to Japanese-occupied Korea.