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The Housemaid

1960 · 112 min · Director: Kim Ki-young ★ IMDb 7.2 · 6,830 ratings

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A piano composer's family moves into a new house; when his pregnant wife collapses from working to support the family, he hires a housemaid to help with housework.

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The Housemaid (1960) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 32%, Disturbing 25%, Confusion 18%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Disturbing, Confusion. Genres: Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Disturbing and Confusion. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Disturbing

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Sadness
Disturbing
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 33 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension23 %17 %6 %7 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Sympathy27 %17 %13 %7 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Sympathy35 %22 %20 %9 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Sympathy42 %31 %18 %19 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Disturbing40 %30 %12 %24 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Sympathy39 %28 %17 %22 %
32.5 %≈ 36′Sadness52 %45 %33 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Tension67 %64 %37 %52 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Tension68 %65 %31 %51 %
47.5 %≈ 53′Tension67 %63 %36 %46 %
52.5 %≈ 59′Sadness76 %70 %56 %55 %
57.5 %≈ 64′Disturbing84 %75 %69 %71 %
62.5 %≈ 70′Sympathy87 %78 %73 %80 %
67.5 %≈ 76′Disturbing88 %82 %75 %82 %
72.5 %≈ 81′Tension86 %82 %68 %78 %
77.5 %≈ 87′Tension82 %78 %59 %70 %
82.5 %≈ 92′Tension81 %77 %55 %67 %
87.5 %≈ 98′Tension88 %84 %62 %78 %
92.5 %≈ 104′Disturbing88 %74 %71 %75 %
97.5 %≈ 109′Sadness79 %50 %71 %56 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

LE
Lee Eun-shim

KJ
Kim Jin-kyu

JJ
Ju Jeung-nyeo

UA
Um Aing-ran

GS
Go Seon-ae

GS
Gang Seok-je

WS
Wang Suk-rang

RJ
Ra Jeong-ok

AS
Ahn Sung-ki

Kim Chang-soon

LY
Lee Yoo-ri

OG
Ok Gyeong-hui

Kwak Seon-young

NO
Na Ok-ju

Jeon Cheong-yeon

CN
Choi Nam-hyun

Yu Jong-sik

JS
Jo Seok-geun

Driver

NB
Nam Bang-chun

Television Technician

KM
Kim Man

Doctor

Details

Directed by
Kim Ki-young
Written by
Kim Ki-young
Type
Movies
Released
1960
Runtime
112 min
Country
South Korea
Genres
Drama, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.2 · 6,830 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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