| The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women | |||||||||||||
| Director: | Shin Sang-ok[1] | ||||||||||||
| Producer: | Shin Sang-ok | ||||||||||||
| Starring: | Choi Eun-hee Shin Young-kyun | ||||||||||||
| Music: | Jeong Yun-ju | ||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Jeong Hae-jun | ||||||||||||
| Editing: | Kim Yeong-hie | ||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Shin Films | ||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 99 minutes | ||||||||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||||||||
| Gross: | $9,457[2] | ||||||||||||
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The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women, also known as Bound by Chastity Rules, is a 1962 South Korean film directed by Shin Sang-ok. It was chosen as Best Film at the Grand Bell Awards.[3] [4] [1] It was also entered into the 13th Berlin International[5] and Cannes Film Festivals.[6]
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.[1]