The Housemaid (1960) (Blu-ray) (Korea Version)

Product Description

Widely considered one of the best Korean films of all time, the 1960 black & white classic The Housemaid is now available on Blu-ray! Known for his psychodramas & sexual horror films, Kim Ki Young made The Housemaid in the early years of a career that would see him continuously pushing the boundaries of cinema. This domestic noir about sexual obsession & a familys dreadful unraveling shocks & thrills even half a century later. The Housemaid stars Lee Eun Shim as the eponymous femme fatale, & Kim Jin Kyu & Ju Jeung Ryu
- two of the greatest stars from the Golden Age of Korean Cinema
- as the married couple who self-destruct under her will. Acclaimed actor Ahn Sung Ki, only eight years old at the time, also appears in the film. Great efforts were taken by the Korean Film Archive & World Cinema Foundation to digitally restore & remaster The Housemaid, unveiling this great masterpiece to film fans worldwide.

Middle-aged composer Dong Sik (Kim Jin Kyu) has his hands full trying to provide for his pregnant wife (Ju Jeung Ryu) & two kids. He hires a housemaid (Lee Eun Shim) to help out around the house, but the strange & sultry young woman has other plans in mind as she sets out to seduce Dong Sik. Tragedy begets tragedy, as wife & mistress face off in increasingly manipulative & horrifying manners for power over the household & their clueless lover.

This edition

Includes:: Kim Ki Youngs 1955 film The Box of Death, his 1954 short film I Am a Truck, an introduction by Martin Scorsese, commentary by Park Chan Wook & critic Lee Dong Jin, & the "e; Directors on Kim Ki Young"e; featurette.