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Housekeeper

2020 · 68 min

A quiet, slow-burning drama of tangled adult affairs that grows more uncomfortable as hidden desires surface.

Directed by
Richard Kim
Genres
Romance
Starring
Ahn So-hee, Min Do-yoon, Kang Min-woo
Overview
Min-woo, the consulate general of the overseas consulate, was determined to be Japan's next consulate. For this reason, Min-woo becomes determined to learn Japanese and lives with his wife's friend, Mika, and learns Japanese. Min-woo's assistant, Ji-sung, has a brief relationship with the consul general. The more the unfamiliar is revealed, the more deeply the story of the four-way relationship becomes irreversible.

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Directed by
Richard Kim
Genres
Romance
Starring
Ahn So-hee, Min Do-yoon, Kang Min-woo
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • betrayal
    • obsession
    • ambition
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex strong
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance6
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight4

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    Genres
    romance
    Directed by
    Richard Kim
    Starring
    Ahn So-hee, Min Do-yoon, Kang Min-woo, Hayashi Risa
    Runtime
    68 min
    Country
    South Korea
    Languages
    Korean

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