The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women, also known as Bound by Chastity Rules, (Korean: 열녀문) 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]
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