(When asked why rats were particularly emphasized as disgusting animals), there is another disgusting being in the house. And rats and chickens always live around humans. That is because of their desire for reproduction. The rodents have a very strong sexual instinct hidden inside. “Rats have an amazing desire for reproduction. Even rat dumplings appear in the film Kim was preparing before his death titled Evil Woman. At first, the rat is merely an unwelcomed guest, but later on in Chungnyeo, a pet rat appears and a herd of rats also fall from the ceiling onto the heroine. When making variations of The Housemaid in his following works, Kim continues to use rats as his key props. In The Housemaid, the rat that appears before the maid is an important foreshadowing implying the nightmare that is to hit the family. Among the many props, the most important prop used for creating a grotesque scene is rats. Kim Ki-young makes the set himself and small props also, or buys them at the market and arranges them on the set himself as well. To show the difference between each period, for example, the 2-story western style house is switched into a chicken farm in the city outskirts.” (Kim Ki-young) This is the reason why the latter works are more critical of civilization. Korea went through great, rapid social changes in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. This is because what I focus on is not on the story itself but the characters and social setting. The movies were made at the request of rural businesses, but I think the 3 films differ from each other pretty much. Kim made Woman of Fire '82 to represent the 1980s. “Woman of Fire is a remake of The Housemaid, modifying the story to fit the social situation of the 1970s. Afterwards Kim Ki-young continues to depict the changing Korean society and crisis of the bourgeois family every 10 years in his following works such as Woman of Fire and Woman of Fire '82. The wife in full control of the family's finance, the helpless husband, and the housemaid from the country all reflect the social situation of the time. The Housemaid also deals with the Geumchon murder case that appeared in the newspaper.
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