The Housemaid (1960 film)

The Housemaid , Hanyeo is a 1960 blackandwhite Korean film. It was directed by Kim Kiyoung and starred Lee Eunshim, Ju Jeungnyeo and Kim Jinkyu. It has been described in Koreanfilm.org as a consensus pick as one of the top three Korean films of all time. This was the first film in Kims Housemaid trilogy followed by Woman of Fire. The film was remade in 2010 by director Im Sangsoo.

The composers wife convinces the housemaid to induce a miscarriage by falling down a flight of stairs. After this incident, the housemaids behavior becomes increasingly more erratic. She tricks the composers son Changsoon into believing that he has ingested poisoned water and in a panic he falls to his death down a flight of stairs. She threatens to kill the composers newborn son, and actually does kill the composers crippled daughter Aesoon by forcefeeding her poisoned rice. Myungsook persuades the composer to commit suicide with her by swallowing rat poison.The film ends with the composer reading the story from a newspaper with his wife. The narrative of the film has apparently been told by the composer, who then all smiles warns the film audience that this is just the sort of thing could happen to anyone. ........

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