The Housemaid
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| The Housemaid | |
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 Theatrical poster to The Housemaid (1960) |
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| Directed by | Kim Ki-young[1] |
| Produced by | Kim Ki-young |
| Written by | Kim Ki-young |
| Starring | Lee Eun-shim Ju Jeung-nyeo Kim Jin-kyu |
| Music by | Han Sang-gi |
| Cinematography | Kim Deok-jin |
| Editing by | Kim Ki-young |
| Distributed by | Kuk Dong Seki Trading Co. |
| Release date(s) | November 3, 1960 (South Korea) |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 하녀 |
| Hanja | 下女 |
The Housemaid (하녀, Hanyeo) is a 1960 black-and-white Korean film. It was directed by Kim Ki-young and starred 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".[2]
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[edit] Critical appraisal
In 2003, Jean-Michel Frodon, editor-in-chief of Cahiers du cinéma, wrote that the discovery of The Housemaid by the West, over forty years after the film's debut, was a "marvelous feeling– marvelous not just because one finds in writer-director Kim Ki-young a truly extraordinary image maker, but in his film such an utterly unpredictable work."
Comparing the director to Luis Buñuel, Frodon wrote Kim is "capable of probing deep into the human mind, its desires and impulses, while paying sarcastic attention to the details..." He called The Housemaid "shocking", noting that "...the shocking nature of the film is both disturbing and pleasurable..." Frodon pointed out that The Housemaid was only one early major film in the director's career, and that Kim Ki-young would continue "running wild through obsessions and rebellion" with his films for decades to come.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Infobox data from Frodon, Jean-Michel (2003). "Hayno (1960) The Housemaid", in Steven Jay Schneider: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (in English). New York: Barron's Educational Series, p.385. ISBN 0-7641-5701-9.
- ^ Paquet, Darcy (2006-08-09). Darcy's Korean Film Page - 1960s (English). www.koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on 2007-05-08.
- ^ Frodon, Jean-Michel (2003). "Hayno (1960) The Housemaid", in Steven Jay Schneider: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (in English). New York: Barron's Educational Series, p.385. ISBN 0-7641-5701-9.
[edit] External links
- The Housemaid at the Internet Movie Database
- Review at asiandb.com
- Review at filmbrain.com
- Review at Koreanfilm.org
[edit] Bibliography
- Ahn, Min-hwa. The Housemaid (English). The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2003-12-09. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- Ahn, Min-hwa. Representing the Anxious Middle Class: Camera Movement, Sound, and Color in The Housemaid and Woman of Fire (English). The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2004-05-06. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- An, Jin-soo. The Housemaid and Troubled Masculinity in the 1960s (English). The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2003-12-12. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- Frodon, Jean-Michel (2003). "Hayno (1960) The Housemaid", in Steven Jay Schneider: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (in English). New York: Barron's Educational Series, p.385. ISBN 0-7641-5701-9.
- Kim, Kyung-hyun (2004). "8. Lethal Work: Domestic Space and Gender Troubles in Happy End and The Housemaid", The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema (in English). Durham and London: Duke University Press, pp.233-258. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1.
- Kim, Soyoung. The Housemaid and the Korean Woman's Film (English). The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2004-10-13. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- Park, Jiye. Gothic Imagination in Carnivore and The Housemaid (English). The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2003-12-10. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
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