The Villainess
“An endless vengeance begins.”
Honed from childhood into a merciless killing machine by a criminal organization, assassin Sook-hee is recruited with the promise of freedom after ten years of service. However, secrets from her past destroy everything she’s worked for and now she embarks on a roaring rampage of revenge.
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Cast
25 people
Kim Ok-vin
Sook-hee
Known for
Thirst
Love to Hate You
Shin Ha-kyun
Joong-sang
Known for
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Beyond Evil
Sung Joon
Hyun-soo
Known for
Island
Ghost Mansion
Kim Seo-hyung
Kwon-sook
Known for
Mine
SKY Castle
Cho Eun-ji
Kim Sun
Known for
Personal Taste
Oh My Venus
Lee Seung-joo
Choon-mo
Also in
Sketch
Sadness in Beauty
Jung Hae-kyun
Jang Chun
Known for
When Life Gives You Tangerines
My Mister
Park Cheol-min
Sook-hee's Father
Known for
I Am Not a Robot
Love in the Moonlight
Son Min-ji
Min-joo
Known for
Hot Young Bloods
Min Ye-ji
Young Sook-hee
Ji Dae-han
Shadow 1
Known for
Oldboy
Rugal
Seo Beom-sik
Shadow 2
Known for
Empress Ki
Hope
Jung Byung-gil Director · Jung Byeong-sik Screenplay Koo Ja-wan Composer
Worldwide gross $8.7M · Budget $125K · First release May 21, 2017
Box office
Budget
$125,000
Worldwide gross
$8,737,458
Gross vs. budget
69.9×
Production
Apeitda
Production
Next Entertainment World
Production
Contents Panda
Production
South Korea
Produced in
Languages
Original title
악녀
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
France · May 21, 2017
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
South Korea · June 8, 2017
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
June 29, 2017 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 11, 2017 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
November 23, 2017 · Theatrical
Canada
June 8, 2017 · Limited theatrical
Denmark
June 8, 2017 · Physical
France
September 10, 2017 · Premiere · L'Étrange Festival
March 28, 2018 · Theatrical · Paris
March 28, 2018 · Physical · DVD & Bluray
Germany
January 26, 2018 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
June 22, 2017 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 15, 2017 · Digital
Japan
February 1, 2018 · Digital
Netherlands
February 22, 2018 · Physical · DVD (Rental)
February 23, 2018 · Physical · DVD & Bluray
South Korea
July 17, 2017 · Premiere · BiFan - Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Sweden
November 8, 2017 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
March 12, 2018 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
August 27, 2017 · Premiere · FrightFest
September 15, 2017 · Theatrical
October 30, 2017 · Physical · Arrow Video Blu-ray
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