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.

A widow in an aristocratic family has an affair with a servant and bears him a son.

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.