It's the whole point
The love story is the plot. Everything else is scenery.
Field notes
Why it’s a 5/5
- Very steamy
The maid has a plan. So does everyone else
- Mind games
- A thimble has never been this hot
Where to watch in the US
Prime Video
Fandango At Home· Rent
Streaming info for the US from JustWatch
The plot
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.
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