Scarlet Innocence vs The Handmaiden
The Handmaiden has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.3/10 for Scarlet Innocence). Scarlet Innocence is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 25m. Scarlet Innocence is the older of the two (2014 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Scarlet Innocence
The Handmaiden| Scarlet Innocence | The Handmaiden | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2016 |
| Length | 1h 51m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | South Korea | – |
| Director | Yim Pil-sung | Park Chan-wook |
| Main cast | Son Suk-ku, Jung Woo-sung, Park Seo-yeon, Esom, Park So-young | Kim Tae-ri, Lee Dong-hwi, Cho Jin-woong, Lee Yong-nyeo, Ha Jung-woo |
Synopsis
Scarlet Innocence
A university professor gradually succumbing to blindness is entranced by an obsessive love, in this modern-day adaptation of a classic Korean fairy tale.
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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