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The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women
Theatrical poster for The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women (1962)
Directed byShin Sang-ok[1]
Written byHwang Sun-won
Produced byShin Sang-ok
StarringChoi Eun-hee
Shin Young-kyun
CinematographyJeong Hae-jun
Edited byKim Yeong-hie
Music byJeong Yun-ju
Distributed byShin Films
Release date
December 13, 1962 (1962-12-13)
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women (열녀문 – Yeolnyeomun) is a 1962 South Korean film directed by Shin Sang-ok. It was chosen as Best Film at the Grand Bell Awards.[2][3][4] It was also entered into the 13th Berlin International Film Festival.[5]

Synopsis

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.[6]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Infobox data from "Bound by Chastity Rule ( Yeollyeomun )(1962)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 09-04-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |publisher= (help) and Yeolnyeomun (1962) at IMDb
  2. ^ Lee Young-il, Choe Young-chol (1998). The History of Korean Cinema. Richard Lynn Greever, translator. Seoul: Motion Picture Promotion Corporation. pp. 5–278. ISBN 9788988095126.
  3. ^ "Grand Bell Awards, South Korea". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 09-04-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ a b "Bound by Chastity Rule ( Yeollyeomun )(1962)" (in Korean). KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 09-04-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for The Red Gate". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  6. ^ Synopsis based on "Bound by Chastity Rule ( Yeollyeomun )(1962)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 09-04-28. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)

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