The Housemaid (1960)

Jeung-nyeo Ju: Mrs. Kim

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• [first lines] 

  Dong-sik Kim : Look at this! A man from Gimcheon had an affair with his maid.

  Mrs. Kim : Men are such fools. Taking interest in a maid!

  Dong-sik Kim : I disagree. Look at us. We're almost totally dependent on our maid. She cooks and washes for us, and is the first person to greet me when I come home from work. She is entirely at our service.

  Mrs. Kim : Such thoughts should not be said or considered in our sacred home.

• Dong-sik Kim : Do you remember when you used to come to my room when I was a student?

  Mrs. Kim : Your eyes made me want to give you anything.

• Mrs. Kim : It'll get us a television.

  Dong-sik Kim : We don't need one. We can just go to the cinema.

  Mrs. Kim : When did you ever take me to the cinema? Since you never go out, our home must always be clean.

• Mrs. Kim : [Mr. Kim massaging his wife's leg]  I feel better now. Your arms must ache.

  Dong-sik Kim : Nothing compared to what women go through.

  Mrs. Kim : Now you know. Now do my shoulders.

• Mrs. Kim : This house is too big. I need a housemaid.

• Mrs. Kim : Thanks to that rat, I can finally get some rest.

• Mrs. Kim : Don't come near me! How could you come to my bed with a filthy body? I feel so dirty!

• Dong-sik Kim : Darling, will you always be there for me, whatever may happen?

  Mrs. Kim : Yes, my body and soul are yours.

• Mrs. Kim : I won't cook for a concubine, even if today is the last day of my life.

• Myung-sook : I'll do whatever you say. I don't want to cause any trouble for you.

  Mrs. Kim : Then, do as I say.

• Mrs. Kim : If only I hadn't wanted a new house.

• Mrs. Kim : Having a young girl in the house is like offering raw meat to a tiger.

• Mrs. Kim : I don't see how a man of good character could lose his head over a maid.

  Dong-sik Kim : It's man's greatest weakness. A high mountain challenges him to climb it. A deep lake prompts him to throw a rock into it. And a beautiful girl stirs his most primitive desires.

  Mrs. Kim : His most primitive desires? You could say that all men are just beasts.