Where can I watch The Handmaiden in Persian?
The Handmaiden streams on Ktime, the Persian streaming service built for the Iranian diaspora. It is available with Persian subtitles. You can watch it in any browser at ktime.app/app, on the native Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV app, on the Android phone app, in any IPTV player using your Xtream login, and on a Samsung or LG smart TV through Media Station X. No VPN is needed anywhere, including from inside Iran, and there is no geo-block to work around. Viewers inside Iran pay in USDT through the Telegram desk at t.me/KtimeSaleBot?start=film_page, and the /fa/iran page walks through every step. A paid plan covers one device at a time — a single stream — and you can switch between your TV, phone and laptop as often as you like at no extra cost. You can cancel at any time. It is a 2016 drama film from South Korea. The film is served from Ktime's own library rather than linked out to another service. Availability checked as of September 2026.
Directed by Park Chan-wook, this 2016 drama film carries an IMDb rating of 8.1.
Synopsis
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a young woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese count to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until the women discover some unexpected emotions.
Cast & crew
The Handmaiden is a 2016 drama film from South Korea. It was directed by Park Chan-wook. The cast is led by Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo. It runs 139 minutes. These credits come from this title's own record in the Ktime catalogue, refreshed with every six-hour catalogue sync.
- Director
- Park Chan-wook
- Cast
- Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hae-sook, Moon So-ri, Lee Yong-nyeo, Lee Dong-hwi
- Country
- South Korea
- Year
- 2016
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Genre
- Drama, Romance