Title:  The Handmaiden (Extended Edition) Year:  2016 Starring:  Min-hee Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Jin-woong Cho Director:  Chan-wook Park Synopsis:  A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her. Lilith's Notes:  It's being talked about in film circles again thanks to Parasite  winning Best Film in the Academy Awards this year. " The bitter turned sour, the sour turned sweet, the sweet turned savory... " Congratulations to Bong Joon-ho for winning the Oscars for Best International Film, Best Directing, Best Writing and Best Film! Parasite  is a movie making Hollywood history. I've yet to see it. With his wins, cinephiles are talking up his other films, particularly Memories of Murder  and the English language  Snowpiercer. The discourse is stretching out to recommendations for other Korean films, including Oldboy,  and  The Handmaiden. Ergo. Who's the ...