The Handmaiden Director's Cut nationwide cinema tour

The Handmaiden Director's Cut tour

In cinemas across the UK and Ireland from March

We are proud to present the exclusive Director's Cut of Park Chan-wook's critically lauded thriller The Handmaiden. Containing 22 minutes of never-seen-before footage, the extended version will go on a nationwide cinema tour from March.

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Set during the Japanese occupation of Korea in the 1930s, a young handmaiden called Sookee is hired by Hideko, an eccentric Japanese heiress, who lives a strange secluded life on a large countryside estate under the watchful eye of her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But Sookee has a secret: she leads a sordid double life as an expert pickpocket who has been covertly recruited by Fujiwara, a degenerate con artist posing as a Japanese Count. This charlatan plans to seduce the Lady Hideko, convince her to elope with him, rob her of her fortune and then lock her up in a madhouse. The con all seems to be proceeding according to plan, until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions for each other, and must come up with a scheme of their own.

Inspired by Sarah Waters' best-selling novel 'Fingersmith', visionary director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, Thirst, Stoker) comes a ravishing, epic and sensual rollercoaster ride which will leave you hungry for more.

The Handmaiden opens in cinemas nationwide on 14 April.