The Handmaiden (2016) – Filming Locations
Thriller / Drama / Romance · Directed by Park Chan-wook · Starring Ha Jung-woo, Kim Min-hee
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.
Where was The Handmaiden filmed?
- Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo – Opening scenes and various establishing shots of 1930s Tokyo. The film's opening act depicting pre-war Tokyo during the 1930s was extensively filmed in Tokyo's historic neighborhoods
- Seoul, South Korea, Seoul – Korean mansion and period street scenes during the middle act. Historic Korean neighborhoods were used to represent 1930s colonial Korea with period-appropriate architecture
- Shanghai, China, Shanghai – Scenes depicting the international settlement and glamorous Shanghai locations. Shanghai's colonial-era architecture was utilized to portray the cosmopolitan setting central to the film's narrative