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Housemaid, The (1960)
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Also Known As: A Maid, Hanyo, ù»Ò³
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Also Known As: A Maid, Hanyo, ù»Ò³
| Starring: | Lee Eun-Shim, Ju Jeung-Nyeo, Kim Jin-Gyu |
| Director: | Kim Ki-Young |
| Genre: | Suspense, Art |
| Production: | Korean Literature Films |
| Language: | Korean |
| Country: | South Korea |
About Housemaid, The
The hero, a composer, has an immoral relation to a maid. The maid is jealous of his wife and gives vent to her bad temper to him. When the hero rebukes her, she asks him for dying together for love. The hero langYuishes. His wife, who doesn't know about it, wants to dismiss the maid. Her husband is at a loss. Finally he ends his faults with a double sYuicide with her.
Dong-sik and his wife read a press report about an incident in which the husband made a housemaid pregnant. His wife believes it is impossible, but Dong-sik says men are weak. Dong-sik teaches music to factory workers while his wife spends all day at home laboring at the sewing machine in her efforts to cover the family¡¯s bills and pay for a new two-story house. One day, she breaks down with overwork. Dong-sik asks his student fromthe factory Kyeong-heui to help him find a housemaid. The maid they engage does strange things like catch rats with her bare hands and peep into Dong-sik's room while he gives Kyeong-heui private lessons. One day, while the wife and children are their grandmother¡¯s home, Kyeong-heui calls on Dong-sik and confesses her love. Don-sik refuses it and Kyeong-heui threatens him. After Kyeong-heui leaves, the housemaid approaches Dong-sik who is in anguish. Unable to control his impulses, he forces himself on her. The housemaid becomes jealous of his wife and clings to Dong-sik. She discovers she is pregnant and threatens to tell his wife. Dong-sik finally confesses all to his wife, who forces the housemaid to have an abortion. The housemaid¡¯s jealousy of the wife¡¯s baby and resentment about the loss of her own fill her with thoughts of revenge, spurred on by the wife¡¯s desire to throw her out. She causes the death of Dong-sik¡¯s son and plans the downfall of the whole family. In the end, she forces Dong-sik to commit suicide with her. In his dying moments, Dong-sik crawls to his wife¡¯s side. The actor who plays the husband appears to address the audience directly and warn them this is something that could happen to them if they are not careful.
(written by Ahn Min-hwa on the basis of viewing the film.)
(written by Ahn Min-hwa on the basis of viewing the film.)
