The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women
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Duration Music director Yun-ju Jeong Country South Korea | 7.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama Running time 2 hours Writer Sun-won Hwang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date December 13, 1962 (1962-12-13) Initial release December 13, 1962 (South Korea) Screenplay Kim Gang-Yun, Sun-won Hwang Cast Related Shin Sang-ok movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women, also known as Bound by Chastity Rules, (열녀문 – Yeolnyeomun) is a 1962 South Korean film directed by Shin Sang-ok. It was chosen as Best Film at the Grand Bell Awards. It was also entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.
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A melodrama based on a novel. A widow in an aristocratic family has an affair with a servant and bears him a son. The widow's in-laws drive the servant and his son away. As a man, the widow's son comes to visit her, but, bound by the custom that she must remain celibate after her husband's death, she cannot acknowledge him.
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