What genres define The Handmaiden?

The Handmaiden is categorized as a drama film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film, and erotic thriller, blending psychological tension with intimate themes.

When and where was The Handmaiden released?

It premiered at Cannes on May 14, 2016, and had a South Korean theatrical release on June 1, 2016, with subsequent releases in international markets from October 2016 through August 2017.

Who are the key figures behind The Handmaiden?

The film was directed by Park Chan-wook, with music by Jo Yeong-wook and starring Kim Tae-ri in a leading role.

What recognition has The Handmaiden received?

It won the CST Award of the Technical Artist at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and maintains 34 sitelinks in knowledge bases.

What alternate titles is The Handmaiden known by?

Its aliases include Agassi, 아가씨 (Korean Hangul), Handmaiden, Agasshi, and Mademoiselle.

The Handmaiden

2016 film directed by Park Chan-wook

Movie Film Q20444585

Facts

52 properties

Instance of: film
Award received: CST Award of the Technical Artist^[1]
Director: Park Chan-wook^[2]
Genre: drama film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film, erotic thriller^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Publication date: June 1, 2016, May 14, 2016, January 5, 2017, July 28, 2017, August 11, 2017, December 8, 2016, October 21, 2016, October 28, 2016^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]^[40]
Official website: www.handmaidenmovie.com^[46]
Screenwriter: Park Chan-wook, Jeong Seo-kyeong^[3]^[4]
Based on: Fingersmith^[10]
Producer: Park Chan-wook, Lim Seung-yong^[17]^[18]
Duration: +145, +168
After a work by: Sarah Waters^[55]
Art director: Ryu Seong-hui
Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.35:1
Assessment: Bechdel test, Vito Russo test, Landau Test, Mako Mori test, Coates Test
BBFC rating: 18 certificate
Box office: 2.0M (2.0M–37.8M, n=3)
CNC film rating (France): no minors under twelve, warning
CNC film rating (Romania): I.M. - 18
Capital cost: +10000000000
Cast member: Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Moon So-ri, Kim Hae-suk^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]
ClassInd rating: 18
Color: color^[31]
Composer: Jo Yeong-wook^[5]
Copyright status: copyrighted

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Country of origin: South Korea^[32]
Different from: The Handmaid's Tale
Director of photography: Chung Chung-Hoon^[20]
Distributed by: CJ ENM Films & Television, Mozinet, Fandango^[41]^[42]^[43]
Distribution format: video on demand, theatrical release, Blu-ray Disc^[24]^[25]^[26]
EIRIN film rating: R18+
FSK film rating: FSK 16
Film editor: Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-beom^[51]^[52]
Filming location: Goheung County, Pyeongchang County, Dong-Ah Institute of Media and Arts, Nagoya^[47]^[48]^[49]^[50]
Has characteristic: film based on a literary work^[54]
ICAA rating: Not recommended for minors under 16
IFCO rating: 18
IMDA rating: R21
KMRB film rating: Adults only
Kijkwijzer rating: 16
Medierådet rating: For ages 15 and up
NMHH film rating: Category V
Narrative location: Korea, Empire of Japan^[44]^[45]
Original language of film or TV show: Korean, Japanese^[21]^[22]
Production company: Moho Film^[19]
Production designer: Ryu Seong-hui
RARS rating: 18+
RCQ classification: 16+
Review score: 100/100, 8.3/10, 96%, 85/100^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]
Set in period: Korea under Japanese rule
Social media followers: +2544, +2494
Soundtrack release: 임이 오는 소리^[23]
Title: 아가씨^[53]

🏷️ Also known as

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Allcinema film ID: 358901
AlloCiné film ID: 231299
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.2xjevbtpvvfu38pd43sel3poe
BBC Things ID: 236b559a-9b9a-44cc-9205-e2b79b0b639c
BFI National Archive work ID: 154559855
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 7228
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): thehandmaiden
CINE21 film ID: 43311
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 721959
Cinema.de ID: 8604950
Cinematografo.it film ID: 61177

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Cinematografo.it film ID (new): mademoiselle-crodx85p
Cineplex Germany film ID: 342310
Ciné-Ressources film ID: 131506
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 108360
ClassInd audiovisual work ID: 62789
DNF film ID: 98803
Daum movie ID: 76467
Decine21 film ID: 33847
Described at URL: tw.movie.yahoo.com
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 35267
Does the Dog Die? media ID: 13802
Douban film ID: 25977027
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 40750, 40751
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/9A47-BF0D-D4F9-5677-7969-2
ElCinema film ID: 2043317
ElFilm film ID: 1816019
Elonet movie ID: 1583203
Exploitation mark number: 145406
Fandango film ID: 193148
Fandango video ID: 839048
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/die-taschendiebin
FilmAffinity film ID: 948449
FilmPolski ID: 90463
FilmVandaag ID: film/99849
Filmfront film ID (archived): 58275
Filmová databáze film ID: 144751
Filmweb.no film ID: 25295
Filmweb.pl film ID: 736623
Garance item ID: 20874558, 6855180
Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/11bttnspv3
ICAA film catalogue ID: 196416
IMCDB work ID: 4016934
IMDb ID: tt4016934
ITunes movie ID: 1.2B (1.2B–1.4B, n=7)
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film1/mademoiselle2016
J9U entity ID: 987013435198905171
KINENOTE film ID: 86437
KMDb film ID: K/14382
KOBIS film ID: 20167301
Kinobox film ID: 434771
Kinopoisk film ID: 851960
LUMIERE film ID: 68307
LdiF ID: 548891
Letterboxd film ID: the-handmaiden
Lithuanian movie register ID: F02136
MUBI film numeric ID: 149904
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 83257
Max Movie film ID: M000092551
Metacritic ID: movie/the-handmaiden
Minkultury film ID: 185898527
Movie Review Query Engine ID: the-handmaiden-m100117231
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv60764
MovieLens movie ID: 158783
MovieMeter film ID: 430641
Moviepilot.de film ID: die-taschendiebin
Movieplayer film ID: 44585
Movist film ID: 47138
Mtime movie ID: 216849
MyDramaList title ID: 11183
Médiathèque Numérique CVS ID: 785332
NRK TV ID: program/KOIF24004116
Naver movie ID: 123519
NientePopCorn movie ID: mademoiselle-park-chan-wook
OFDb film ID: 290628
OMDb film ID: 95676
PORT film ID: 175361
Plex media key: 5d776b1a96b655001fe0434d
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/the_handmaiden
Répertoire des films classés film ID: 402661
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 48640
Scope.dk film ID: 11023
Scripts.com script ID: 20387
SensCritique work ID: 12070512
Swedish Film Database ID: 88407
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 2105459
TMDB movie ID: 290098
TVING ID: M000368558
TheTVDB movie ID: 999
Trakt.tv ID: movies/the-handmaiden-2016
Trakt.tv film ID: 187026
U-NEXT video ID: SID0030111
Unconsenting Media ID: 816
Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Movie", "TheHandmaiden::3qf94"]
WowKorea work ID: 2058
X (Twitter) username: HandmaidenMovie
Yle Areena item ID: 1-3819383
ČSFD film ID: 398043

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 6

Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Kim Hae-suk, Moon So-ri, Cho Jin-woong, Ha Jung-woo

Genre 4

drama film, romance film, erotic thriller, LGBTQ-related film

Filming location 3

Nagoya, Pyeongchang County, Goheung County

Created notable works 2

Kim Tae-ri, Jo Yeong-wook

Distributed by 2

CJ ENM Films & Television, Fandango

Distribution format 2

Blu-ray Disc, video on demand

Narrative location 2

Korea, Empire of Japan

Original language of film or TV show 2

Japanese, Korean

After a work by 1

Sarah Waters

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Award received 1

CST Award of the Technical Artist

Based on 1

Fingersmith

Composer 1

Jo Yeong-wook

Country of origin 1

South Korea

Different from 1

The Handmaid's Tale

Director 1

Park Chan-wook

Director of photography 1

Chung Chung-Hoon

Film editor 1

Kim Sang-bum

Instance of 1

film

Producer 1

Park Chan-wook

Screenwriter 1

Park Chan-wook

Set in period 1

Korea under Japanese rule

← Different from 1

The Handmaid's Tale

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FAQs

What awards did The Handmaiden receive?

Honors received include CST Award of the Technical Artist^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ The Handmaiden — director (P57): Park Chan-wook. imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-06-22. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Handmaiden — screenwriter (P58): Park Chan-wook. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Handmaiden — screenwriter (P58): Jeong Seo-kyeong. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Handmaiden — composer (P86): Jo Yeong-wook. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Handmaiden — genre (P136): drama film. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Handmaiden — genre (P136): romance film. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Handmaiden — genre (P136): LGBTQ-related film. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Handmaiden — genre (P136): erotic thriller. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Handmaiden — based on (P144): Fingersmith. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Handmaiden — cast member (P161): Kim Min-hee. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Handmaiden — cast member (P161): Kim Tae-ri. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Handmaiden — cast member (P161): Ha Jung-woo. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Handmaiden — cast member (P161): Cho Jin-woong. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Handmaiden — cast member (P161): Moon So-ri. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Handmaiden — cast member (P161): Kim Hae-suk. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Handmaiden — producer (P162): Park Chan-wook. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Handmaiden — producer (P162): Lim Seung-yong. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ The Handmaiden — award received (P166): CST Award of the Technical Artist. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Handmaiden — production company (P272): Moho Film. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Handmaiden — director of photography (P344): Chung Chung-Hoon. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Handmaiden — original language of film or TV show (P364): Korean. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Handmaiden — original language of film or TV show (P364): Japanese. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Handmaiden — soundtrack release (P406): 임이 오는 소리. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Handmaiden — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Handmaiden — distribution format (P437): theatrical release. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Handmaiden — distribution format (P437): Blu-ray Disc. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Handmaiden — review score (P444): 100/100. Metacritic. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Handmaiden — review score (P444): 8.3/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-10. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Handmaiden — review score (P444): 96%. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ The Handmaiden — review score (P444): 85/100. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ The Handmaiden — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ The Handmaiden — country of origin (P495): South Korea. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ The Handmaiden — publication date (P577): June 1, 2016. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ The Handmaiden — publication date (P577): May 14, 2016. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ The Handmaiden — publication date (P577): January 5, 2017. IMDb. Retrieved 2017-04-28. filmstarts.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ The Handmaiden — publication date (P577): July 28, 2017. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ The Handmaiden — publication date (P577): August 11, 2017. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ The Handmaiden — publication date (P577): December 8, 2016. nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ The Handmaiden — publication date (P577): October 21, 2016. IMDb. Retrieved 2022-06-02. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ The Handmaiden — publication date (P577): October 28, 2016. IMDb. Retrieved 2022-06-02. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ The Handmaiden — distributed by (P750): CJ ENM Films & Television. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ The Handmaiden — distributed by (P750): Mozinet. nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ The Handmaiden — distributed by (P750): Fandango. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ The Handmaiden — narrative location (P840): Korea. The Handmaiden. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ The Handmaiden — narrative location (P840): Empire of Japan. The Handmaiden. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ The Handmaiden — official website (P856): http://www.handmaidenmovie.com/. wikidata.org.
[47] ↑ The Handmaiden — filming location (P915): Goheung County. wikidata.org.
[48] ↑ The Handmaiden — filming location (P915): Pyeongchang County. wikidata.org.
[49] ↑ The Handmaiden — filming location (P915): Dong-Ah Institute of Media and Arts. wikidata.org.
[50] ↑ The Handmaiden — filming location (P915): Nagoya. wikidata.org.
[51] ↑ The Handmaiden — film editor (P1040): Kim Sang-bum. wikidata.org.
[52] ↑ The Handmaiden — film editor (P1040): Kim Jae-beom. wikidata.org.
[53] ↑ The Handmaiden — title (P1476): 아가씨. wikidata.org.
[54] ↑ The Handmaiden — has characteristic (P1552): film based on a literary work. wikidata.org.
[55] ↑ The Handmaiden — after a work by (P1877): Sarah Waters. wikidata.org.

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