One thing needs to be addressed, the film is quite sexually explicit.

Must Go (Korean with subtitles)

Directed by Park Chan-wook. He is basically the Quentin Tarantino of Korea.
The Handmaiden is a triumph on every level. The film is divided into three chapters, all giving different perspective. Despite the run time of 2 hours and 24 minutes, it never gets dull, it’s very evenly paced throughout. I couldn’t look away for a second.

Set in the 1930s Japanese occupied Korea, it’s a story of a young female pickpocket (Kim Tae-ri) who becomes a handmaiden to a beautiful Japanese heiress (Min-hee Kim). However, she must manage to convince the heiress to marry a conman (Jung-woo Ha) who poses as a Count, for which she will get a chance for a better life. She gets into a moral dilemma when she starts developing feelings for the heiress.

The performances are perfect in drawing you into this world of erotica, selfishness, and trickery. Both female leads were fantastic. Min-hee Kim and Kim Tae-ri are amazing with sharing their sexual tension with the audience watching. It’s films like these that are the most memorable. Making you feel how the characters are feeling. Jung-woo Ha and Jin- woong Jo were great as these sexually and financially repressed men who do the most screwed up things to feel the pleasure they so desire.

It will be one of the most unforgettable films of 2016.