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Decision to Leave
Why this pick
Park Chan-wook brings the same exquisitely composed images, erotic undercurrents and shifting loyalties to a more melancholy, patient detective romance.
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MOVIE2016 2h 21m KOR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Kim Min-hee
Izumi Hideko
Kim Tae-ri
Sook-hee
Ha Jung-woo
Count Fujiwara
Cho Jin-woong
Uncle Kouzuki
Moon So-ri
Aunt of Noble Lady
Kim Hae-sook
Ms. Sasaki
Lee Dong-hwi
Goo-gai