If you loved The Handmaiden, try Assassination
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Assassination has roughly 15.4× fewer votes than The Handmaiden — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the foreign gem, paranoid mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Handmaiden, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Assassination is
Shanghai, 1933. A pistol shot. Three Korean resistance fighters arrive, summoned to eliminate a Japanese general and a Korean traitor. But hidden allegiances and new orders trigger a cascade of betrayals. Choi's action-thriller pulls no punches.
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