Kim Tae Ri played Sook Hee in the romantic drama mystery film "The Handmaiden," which premiered in Cannes Film Festival on May 14, 2016. For her performance in the film, she won the Best Newcomer award at the 11th Asian Film Awards.
Also nominated for the Best Newcomer award were "Rage" star Takara Sakumoto, "Apprentice" star Fir Rahman, "Weeds on Fire" star Wu Tsz Tung and "The Mermaid" star Lin Yun. The Rising Star of Asia award was given to Yun.
"The Handmaiden" was directed by Park Chan Wook. The film will have a Blu-ray version to be released in the United Kingdom on Aug. 7, according to Blu-ray.com.
In 2016, Kim won Best New Actress at Busan International Festival. She was criticized for mentioning in her speech Kim Min Hee, who had an affair scandal with Hong Sang Soo, according to All Kpop.
Kim's "The Handmaiden" co-star Moon So Ri won Best Supporting Actress beating "Mad World" actress Elaine Jin, "The Mohican Comes Home" actress Atsuko Maeda, "Neerja" actress Shabana Azmi and "See You Tomorrow" actress Lynn Hung. The Best Supporting Actor award was given to "Trivisa" actor Lam Suet beating "The Wailing" actor Jun Kunimura, "Rage" actor Go Ayano, Goo's "Train to Busan" co-actor Ma Dong Seok and Fan's "I am not Madame Bovary" co-actor Dong Chengpeng.
"I am not Madame Bovary" actress Fan Bingbing won Best Actress over "The Last Princess" actress Son Ye Jin, "A Bride for Rip Van Winkle" actress Haru Kuroki, "Happiness" actress Kara Hui and "The Woman Who Left" actress Charo Santos-Concio. "Thor: Ragnarok" star Tadanobu Asano won the Best Actor award for his performance in the Japanese film "Harmonium," which was written and directed by Koji Fukada, over "Godspeed" actor Michael Hui, "Train to Busan" actor Gong Yoo, "Mr. No Problem" actor Fan Wei and "Trivisa" actor Richie Jen.
Fukada was also nominated as Best Director along with, "Soul Mate" director Derek Tsang, "I am not Madame Bovary" director Feng Xiaogang" and "The Woman Who Left" director Lav Diaz but they all lost to "The Wailing" director Na Hong Jin. "The Salesman" by Asghar Farhadi won Best Screenplay beating "The Woman Who Left" by Lav Diaz, "Your Name" by Makoto Shinkai, "The Handmaiden" by Park Chan Wook and Chung Seo Kyung and "Trivisa" by Mak Tin Shu, Loong Man Hong and Thomas Ng.
Kim is set to star in "1987" opposite Ha Jung Woo and Gang Dong Won. It was written by Kim Kyung Chan and directed by Jang Joon Hwan.
Here is a video featuring Tae Ri: