Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Korean
- Country
- South Korea
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
- In Korean — subtitles on.
The story
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sook-hee, 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 steal her fortune.
- jealousy
- based on novel or book
- library
- pickpocket
- eroticism
- con man
- swindler
- lesbian relationship
- mansion
- lust
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Kim Hae-sook — Ms. Sasaki
- Moon So-ri — Hideko's Aunt
- Lee Yong-nyeo — Bok-soon
- Kwak Eun-jin — Kkeut-dan
- Lee Dong-hwi — Goo-gai
- Jo Eun-hyung — Young Hideko
- Rina Takagi — Hideko's Mother
- Han Ha-na — Junko
- Lee Kyu-jung — Maid 1
- Kim See-eun — Maid 2
- Ha Si-yeon — Maid 3
- Directed
- Park Chan-wook
- Written
- Chung Seo-kyung, Park Chan-wook
Production
- Rating
- 8.2 / 10 · 4,435 ratings
- Studio
- Moho Film, Yong Film, CJ Entertainment
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
