Plot - Set in the 1930's in South Korea and Japan. Story rotates around 4 individuals: a honorable woman who has acquired a fortune, a swindler count who is after the noble woman's fortune, a youthful female pickpocket employed by the swindler count and the noble woman's uncle who is her guardian.
Having transposed the story to colonial Korea and Japan, Park exhibits a holding and erotic story of a youthful Japanese Lady living on a secluded domain, and a Korean lady who is contracted to serve as her new handmaiden, yet who is furtively required in a conman’s plot to cheat her of her expansive inheritance. She is a pickpocket enlisted by a swindler acting like a Japanese Count to help him lure the Lady to abscond with him, deny her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan appears to continue as indicated by plan until Sookee and Hideko find some surprising feelings.
| Won Buil Film Award |
Best New Actress Tae-ri Kim |
| Buil Readers' Jury Award Chan-wook Park |
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| Best Art Direction Seong-hie Ryu |
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| Nominated Buil Film Award |
Best Film Chan-wook Park |
| Best Director Chan-wook Park |
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| Best Actress Min-hee Kim |
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| Best Music Yeong-wook Jo |
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| Best Cinematography Chung-hoon Chung |
| Won Busan Film Critics Association Award |
Best New Actress Tae-ri Kim |
| Won Vulcain Prize for the Technical Artist |
Seong-hie Ryu For the artistic direction, with great inspiration. |
| Nominated Palme d'Or |
Chan-wook Park |
| Nominated Queer Palm |
Chan-wook Park |
| Nominated The Wilf Family Foundation Award |
Best International Film Chan-wook Park |
| Won Korean Association of Film Critics Award |
Best Cinematography Chung-hoon Chung |
| Ten Best Films of the Year ForBimileun Eopda , Goksung , Dongju , Busanhaeng ,Nae-bu-ja-deul , U-ri-deul , Teo-neol , The Age of Shadows and Asura |
| 2nd place Most Popular Feature Film |
Chan-wook Park 1st Runner-Up |
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