The Handmaiden (2016)

Agassi / 아가씨

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In 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea, the young pickpocket Sookee is hired as a maid by the rich Japanese heiress Hideko. Hideko lives in complete seclusion with her uncle Kouzuki on a remote estate. The latter intends to marry her in order to gain access to her fortune. She lives under constant surveillance by her uncle and has little contact with the outside world.

Hideko, however, does not know that Sookee’s employment is only part of a devious plan aimed at her fortune. Sookee has concocted this plan together with a marriage swindler posing as Count Fujiwara. In the process, she is supposed to help the count make Hideko fall in love with him. At the beginning everything goes according to plan, until Sookee and Hideko unexpectedly get closer to each other …
In den 1930er Jahren im japanisch besetzten Korea wird die junge Taschendiebin Sookee als Dienstmädchen von der reichen, japanischen Erbin Hideko eingestellt. Hideko lebt völlig zurückgezogen mit ihrem Onkel Kouzuki auf einem abgelegenem Anwesen. Dieser beabsichtigt, sie zu heiraten, um an ihr Vermögen zu gelangen. Sie lebt in ständiger Beobachtung ihres Onkels und hat nur wenig Kontakt zur Außenwelt.

Hideko weiß allerdings nicht, dass Sookees Anstellung nur ein Teil eines hinterhältigen Plans ist, der auf ihr Vermögen abzielt. Diesen Plan hat Sookee zusammen mit einem Heiratsschwindler, der sich als Graf Fujiwara ausgibt, geschmiedet. Dabei soll sie dem Grafen helfen, dass Hideko sich in ihn verliebt. Zu Beginn verläuft alles nach Plan, bis Sookee und Hideko sich ganz unvermutet näher kommen …
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