Opposite her is Sook-hee, played fantastically by first-time actor Kim Tae-ri, who has the freedom to speak her mind but lacks the luxury she’s always wanted. Under the control of her aging uncle, Kouzuki, who she is also engaged to marry, Lady Hideko’s only job is to perform nightly readings from ancient Japanese books to a group of her uncle’s friends.
Lady Hideko, beautifully acted by Kim Min-hee, has been given a confining life of security and isolation. But as the rest of the movie will prove, none of the characters are as they seem.Ī film told in three parts, each chapter revealing bits and pieces of the lives of both women, Park Chan-wook’s latest movie The Handmaiden is the story of three people trying to escape the oppressive system they were born into. Our sympathies are immediately with her as it can only be assumed that her new role as a handmaiden to Lady Hideko, a wealthy Japanese woman, is one that takes Sook-hee away from her home and family. We meet Sook-hee, a seemingly innocent young girl who hands the baby she’s been holding to another set of arms, grabs her suitcase, and heads out into the storm towards a car waiting up the street. 1930s colonial Korea, currently under Japanese occupation, looks anything but pleasant. A group of soldiers jog by a small cluster of women huddling under a thin awning, each holding a baby.
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