The Villainess
- IMDb link: 6777338
- IMDb rating: 6.6 (18,520 votes)
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Director: Byung-gil Jung
- Cast: Ok-bin Kim, Ha-kyun Shin, Jun Sung, Seo-hyeong Kim and others
- Release date: 8 Jun 2017
- Release year: 2017
- Runtime: 124 minutes
- Country: South Korea
- Keywords: female protagonist, hand to hand combat, katana, female assassin, revenge, tied feet, tied up while barefoot, stabbing, stabbed in the head, stabbed in the chest
Plot:
In Seoul, South Korea, the young woman Sook-hee breaks in a fortress of a dangerous gang alone and kills all the gangsters. She is arrested by the police and sent to a secret facility of an organization that trains assassins commanded by Chief Kwon. Sook-hee is pregnant and has a daughter that is raised in the facility. She is trained as a stage actress and assassin, and Chief Kwon promises her that she will be free with a good allowance after ten-year service. Meanwhile, the agent Hyun-soo, who is in charge to observe her, has a crush on her. In flashbacks, Sook-hee recalls her previous life, when her father and her mentor and husband Joong-sang were murdered. When Sook-hee is released to start her new life, she learns dark secrets from her past.