The Housemaid (1960 film)

The Housemaid
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Hangul	하녀
Hanja	下女
Revised Romanization	Hanyeo
McCune–Reischauer	Hanyŏ
Directed by	Kim Ki-young
Written by	Kim Ki-young
Produced by	Kim Ki-young
Starring	Lee Eun-shim Kim Jin-kyu Ju Jeung-ryu Um Aing-ran Ahn Sung-ki
Cinematography	Kim Deok-jin
Edited by	Kim Ki-young
Music by	Han Sang-gi
Distributed by	Kuk Dong Seki Trading Co.
Release date	November 3, 1960 (1960-11-03)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	$35,687[1]

The Housemaid (Korean: 하녀; Hanja: 下女; 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.