In Japanese-occupied Korea, a con man operating under the sobriquet of "Count Fujiwara " plans to seduce a Japanese heiress named Lady Hideko, then marry her and commit her to an asylum to steal her inheritance. He hires a pickpocket named Sook-hee to become Hideko's maid and encourage Hideko to marry him.

Sook-Hee, a young Korean woman, goes to work as a handmaiden for Lady Hideko, a young Japanese woman who the heiress to a fortune. Sook-Hee's motives are rather nefarious - she, in league with the charming but unscrupulous Count Fujiwara, a con man, intend to defraud Lady Hideko of her fortune.

Sarah Walters's novel 'Fingersmith', a tale of power, perversion, pornography and passion in Victorian England, gets a lavish Korean makeover in Park Choon-Wok's movie 'The Handmaiden'.

Nam Sook-hee is a lesbian character from The Handmaiden. Count Fujiwara hires a pickpocket Sook-hee to become maid to Lady Izumi Hideko and encourage Hideko to marry him.

Jul 12, 2023 · Sook-hee’s role is to persuade Hideko to fall in love with Fujiwara and help him with his scheme. However, things become more complicated when Sook-hee and Hideko actually grow closer and develop feelings for each other.

Mar 1, 2017 · The film follows a spritely Korean pickpocket, Sook-Hee (Kim Tae-ri), as she teams up with a clever con man by the name of Count Fujiwara (Ha Jung-woo) in a heist to rob a mysterious yet innocent Japanese heiress, Lady Hideko (Kim Min-hee), of her inheritance.

Sook-Hee : My aunt, when she heard a guest was coming, she dropped everything and bathed her Baby Miss. Nothing made her happier than when guests praised her baby's scent. You are my Baby Miss. Auntie gave the babies candy during baths to teach them that bath time is sweet.

Hee Sook Lee (Korean: 이희숙; June 24, 1959 – July 18, 2020), born Hee Sook Hong, was a South Korean-born American businesswoman and founder of the BCD Tofu House chain of restaurants.

Oct 28, 2016 · The title character, Sook-Hee, played by Kim Tae-ri, is a fraud. She's been enlisted by Ha Jung-woo's Count Fujiwara, who is neither a count nor, as his assumed name would suggest,...

Jun 1, 2016 · During 1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, 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.