• Director(s)

    Park Chan-wook

  • Production Year

    2016

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance

  • Approx. running minutes

    140m

  • Cast

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

Film

The Handmaiden

strong sex, sex references

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl (Sookee) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress (Hideko) who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle (Kouzuki). But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.…

1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl (Sookee) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress (Hideko) who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle (Kouzuki). But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.

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sex
Strong sex scenes include a man thrusting into a woman, and female characters engaging in oral sex, digital penetration, 'scissoring' and the use of sex toys. There are also brief scenes of BDSM activity in which male and female characters sustain, after being whipped, weal-like injuries to their buttocks. In other scenes a female character tells erotic stories that include strong sex references.
additional issues
Other issues include: infrequent very strong language ('c**t'); strong language, ('f**k'); a scene of torture during which a man has several fingers lopped off; scenes of hanging; nudity.

  • Director(s)

    Park Chan-wook

  • Production Year

    2016

  • Genre(s)

    Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance

  • Approx. running minutes

    140m

  • Cast

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

strong sex, sex references
Classified Date:
31/01/2017
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
sex
Strong sex scenes include a man thrusting into a woman, and female characters engaging in oral sex, digital penetration, 'scissoring' and the use of sex toys. There are also brief scenes of BDSM activity in which male and female characters sustain, after being whipped, weal-like injuries to their buttocks. In other scenes a female character tells erotic stories that include strong sex references.
additional issues
Other issues include: infrequent very strong language ('c**t'); strong language, ('f**k'); a scene of torture during which a man has several fingers lopped off; scenes of hanging; nudity.
strong sex, sex references
Classified Date:
21/07/2017
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Standard version
sex
Strong sex scenes include a man thrusting into a woman, and female characters engaging in oral sex, digital penetration, 'scissoring' and the use of sex toys. There are also brief scenes of BDSM activity in which male and female characters sustain, after being whipped, weal-like injuries to their buttocks. In other scenes a female character tells erotic stories that include strong sex references.
additional issues
Other issues include: infrequent very strong language ('c**t'); strong language, ('f**k'); a scene of torture during which a man has several fingers lopped off; scenes of hanging; nudity.
Classified Date:
08/03/2017
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
Classified Date:
26/01/2017
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd

  • Classified date

    21/07/2017

  • BBFC reference

    BVF346652

  • Language

    Japanese, Korean