Asunder vs The Handmaiden

Asunder and The Handmaiden are tied on audience score (8.1/10). Asunder is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 25m. Asunder is the older of the two (1998 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Asunder posterAsunder1998 VS The Handmaiden posterThe Handmaiden2016
AsunderThe Handmaiden
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 8.2/10
Year19982016
Length1h 41m2h 25m
GenresDrama, Mystery, Romance, ThrillerDrama, Romance, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorTim ReidPark Chan-wook
Main castBlair Underwood, Debbi Morgan, Michael Beach, Marva Hicks, Desiree Marie VelezKim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo

Synopsis

Asunder

When a freak accident destroys everything in a man's life, he invades the troubled marriage of his best friends.

The Handmaiden

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…

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