The Housemaid - 1960 - 7/10
AKA - Hanyeo // 하녀
The piano teacher moonlights at the factory, giving singing lessons.
His wife is overworked at home, so he hires a maid to assist.
The girl is barely above beggar status, but she sexually ensnares the teacher.
Dark film of possession. Rain sodden, Noir photography, Expressionistic angles.
Our “hero” is a doomed weakling, causing untold havoc in his family.
Eun-shim Lee is mesmerizing as the sly, unstable maid. (Apparently audiences so hated her character so much, her career was finished).
For viewers wondering why so many females eyed the teacher, consider the “man shortage” after the Korean War.