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Park Chan-wook Talks Remakes, Sci-Fi and His Twisted New Movie 'The Handmaiden'


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The Handmaiden isn't quite like any movie South Korean director Park Chan-wook has made to date, and yet it contains the signature tastes of his most beloved movies. It's got the hidden agendas and violent ends of his vengeance trilogy (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, and Lady Vengeance). It's got the forbidden romance of Thirst. It's got the twisty, unpredictable dynamics of Stoker. And that's just scratching the surface. Park Chan-wook's latest starts off with a simple plan. A slick con-man, Count Fujiwara, hires a petty thief, Sook-Hee, to help him win the affections of Lady Hideko, a Japanese heiress. Sook-Hee is hired as Hideko's personal handmaiden, a position she'll use to help manipulate the Japanese heiress to fall in love...
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