Hanyŏ (the Housemaid) / Youngmin Choe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Choe, Youngmin, author.

Series:

BFI film classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hanyŏ (Motion picture : 1960).

Social classes in motion pictures.

Korea (South)--Social aspects--20th century.

Korea (South).

Motion pictures--Korea (South)--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--History.

Physical Description:

104 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 19 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : The British Film Institute , 2025.

Summary:

"The upwardly mobile Kim family employs a young woman to help manage their new house. Soon Mr. Kim begins an affair with the nameless 'housemaid', who drags the entire family into a terrible tragedy... Kim Ko-young's 1960 masterpiece, Hanyo (The Housemaid), is today widely regarded as one of the greatest South Korean films of all time. In this book, Youngmin Choe argues that Hanyo encapsulates the mood of social change in postwar South Korea, and explores the questions it raises about class mobility, gender oppression and women's work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : Hanyŏ and compressed modernization

Tension and censorship

Density and architecture

Frisson

Coda : Hanyŏ's afterlife.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Choe, Youngmin. Hanyŏ (the Housemaid)

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781839025860

1839025867

OCLC:

1493309066

Publisher Number:

CIPO000266335