The Housemaid
A piano composer's family moves into a new house; when his pregnant wife collapses from working to support the family, he hires a housemaid to help with housework.
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The Housemaid (Korean: 하녀; RR: Hanyeo) is a 1960 South Korean film, produced, written and directed by Kim Ki-young. It stars Lee Eun-shim, Ju Jeung-nyeo and Kim Jin-kyu. It has been described in Koreanfilm.org as a "consensus pick as one of the top three Korean films of all time". It is the first film in Kim's Housemaid trilogy followed by Woman of Fire and Woman of Fire '82. The film was remade in 2010 by Im Sang-soo. The film is a domestic horror, following the story of an upper-middle-class family falling into destruction due to the introduction of a sexually predatory femme fatale housemaid into the household.
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- Director
- Kim Ki-young
- Starring
- Lee Eun-shim, Kim Jin-kyu, Ju Jeung-nyeo, Um Aing-ran, Go Seon-ae, Gang Seok-je, Wang Suk-rang, Ra Jeong-ok
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