The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women

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The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women
Theatrical poster for The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women (1962)

Hangul	열 녀 문
Hanja	烈女門
Revised Romanization	Yeolnyomun
McCune–Reischauer	Yŏllyŏmun
Directed by	Shin Sang-ok^[1]
Produced by	Shin Sang-ok
Written by	Hwang Sun-won
Starring	Choi Eun-hee Shin Young-kyun
Music by	Jeong Yun-ju
Cinematography	Jeong Hae-jun
Edited by	Kim Yeong-hie
Distributed by	Shin Films
Release dates	December 13, 1962 (1962-12-13)
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

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

Choi Eun-hee^[4]
Shin Young-kyun
Kim Dong-won
Han Eun-jin

References

↑ Infobox data from "Bound by Chastity Rule ( Yeollyeomun )(1962)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 09-04-28. Check date values in: |access-date= (help); External link in |publisher= (help) and Yeolnyeomun (1962) at the Internet Movie Database
↑ 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.
↑ "Grand Bell Awards, South Korea". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 09-04-26. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
1 2 "Bound by Chastity Rule ( Yeollyeomun )(1962)" (in Korean). KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 09-04-26. Check date values in: |access-date= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "IMDB.com: Awards for The Red Gate". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
↑ Synopsis based on "Bound by Chastity Rule ( Yeollyeomun )(1962)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 09-04-28. Check date values in: |access-date= (help); External link in |publisher= (help)

Bibliography

Yeolnyeomun (1962) at the Internet Movie Database
"Bound by Chastity Rule ( Yeollyeomun )(1962)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-04-28. External link in |publisher= (help)
"YOLLYOMOON". The Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-04-28. External link in |publisher= (help)
열녀문 (in Korean). www.cine21.com. Retrieved 2009-04-28. External link in |publisher= (help)

Preceded by Prince Yeonsan	Grand Bell Awards for Best Film 1963	Succeeded by Blood Relation

Films directed by Shin Sang-ok

A Flower in Hell (1958)
To the Last Day (1960)
Prince Yeonsan (1961)
The Houseguest and My Mother (1961)
The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women (1962)
Rice (1963)
Red Scarf (1964)
Deaf Sam-yong (1964)
Phantom Queen (1967)
Prince Daewon (1968)
Ghosts of Chosun (1970)
A Woman with Half Soul (1973)
The Three-Day Reign (1973)
Pulgasari (1985)
Mayumi (1990)
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995)

Grand Bell Awards for Best Film

1960s	Prince Yeonsan (1962) The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women (1963) Blood Relation (1964) Deaf Sam-yong (1965) The Sea Village (1966) Coming Back (1967) Prince Daewon (1968)

1970s	Patriotic Martyr An Jung-gun (1972) The General in Red Robes (1973) The Land (1974) Flame (1975) Mother (1976) Diary of Korean-Japanese War (1977) Police Story (1978) The Hidden Hero (1979)

1980s	Son of Man (1980) Invited People (1981) Come Unto Down (1982) Mulleya Mulleya (1983) Adultery Tree (1984) Mother (1985) Pillar of Mist (1986) Diary of King Yeonsan (1987) Come Come Come Upward (1989)

1990s	All That Falls Has Wings (1990) Passion Portrait (1991) Fly High Run Far (1992) Seopyeonje (1993) The Story of Two Women (1994) The Eternal Empire (1995) Henequen (1996) The Contact (1997) Spring in My Hometown (1999)

2000s	Peppermint Candy (2000) Joint Security Area (2001) The Way Home (2002) Memories of Murder (2003) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2004) Marathon (2005) The King and the Clown (2006) Family Ties (2007) The Chaser (2008) The Divine Weapon (2009)

2010s	Poetry (2010) The Front Line (2011) Masquerade (2012) The Face Reader (2013) The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014) Ode to My Father (2015)

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