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The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
|name = The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women
|image = The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women.jpg
|caption = Theatrical poster for 'The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women' (1962)
|director = Shin Sang-ok
|producer = Shin Sang-ok
|writer = Hwang Sun-won
|starring = Choi Eun-hee
Shin Young-kyun
|music = Jeong Yun-ju
|cinematography = Jeong Hae-jun
|editing = Kim Yeong-hie
|distributor = Shin Films
|released =
|runtime = 99 minutes
|country = South Korea
|language = Korean
|gross = $9,457
|native_name =
}}
'The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women', also known as 'Bound by Chastity Rules', ( '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 and Cannes Film Festivals.
Plot
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.
Cast
*Choi Eun-hee
*Shin Young-kyun
*Kim Dong-won
*Han Eun-jin
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