The Handmaiden
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Continuity mistake: Just as Sook-Hee finishes saying goodbye, Kutan starts saying she should be the one going instead of her. It then cuts to a different angle where Sook-Hee is shown reaching her hand out to brush her hair. At the start of the shot, Sook-Hee's hand is inches away from Kutan's hair and would have been visible in the previous shot. (00:02:54)

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Continuity mistake: When Sook-Hee is saying goodbye to her friends, just as Kutan starts saying "It should have been me", Gugai is shown holding two babies, one with short hair on his left and one with thick hair on his right. The camera changes angles and the babies have suddenly switched places. The babies also become raised up towards his shoulder in between shots. (00:02:53)

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Continuity mistake: When Sook-Hee is standing outside in the rain before leaving, she is shown holding an umbrella whilst it rains. She walks over to say goodbye, whilst still holding onto it. A second later, she leans in to kiss a baby on the head, and the umbrella is no longer there. It is shown later that she placed the umbrella on the ground, but she was not shown doing this earlier in the scene. It just disappears in between shots. (00:02:20)

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Continuity mistake: In the opening shot, some soldiers scare off a group of kids and they begin running away in the opposite direction. There are eight kids shown initially, but when they run past Sook-Hee in the next shot, only four of them are shown. (00:02:10)

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