Amazon Studios and Magnolia has released a new trailer for the upcoming crime drama The Handmaiden, from Oldboy director Park Chan Wook. The film is an adaptation of the novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters and revolves around a wealthy Japanese family who hire a Korean handmaiden who is secretly attempting to defraud them of their fortune.
As a rabid fan of Wook’s entire filmography, I absolutely cannot wait to check this one out when it hits theaters October 14th.
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl (Sookee) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress (Hideko) who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle (Kouzuki). But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.
