If you loved The Housemaid, try Goryeojang

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Goryeojang has roughly 19.4× fewer votes than The Housemaid — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Housemaid

1960 · dir. Kim Ki-young

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Goryeojang

1963 · dir. Kim Ki-young

What they share

Both films are directed by Kim Ki-young, and they both carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Housemaid, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Goryeojang is

King Lear, but with filial piety. A Goryeo dynasty nobleman hides his elderly mother rather than abandon her to die, flouting a cruel custom. Kim Ki-young delivers a stark fable of shifting values.

If you loved The Housemaid, try Goryeojang

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What they share

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