介绍：A man tries to raise his two sons and two daughters under some of the most adverse conditions known to man. The father operates a horse-drawn cart, but in a city that is modernizing after the destruction of the Korean War, automobiles are making carts obsolete. The children are experiencing difficulties as well. The eldest son has flunked the bar exam twice and is not hopeful of passing it a third time to become a lawyer. The eldest daughter is mute and married to an abusive husband. The younger daughter tries to pose as a rich university student to move up in life. The youngest son has a penchant for petty theft.

介绍：鄉間一個門第家庭，一個新寡的年輕媳婦(崔銀姬)與守節多年的家姑同住農忙時節，由城市前來打工的現代青年 (申榮均) 暗地跟媳婦相戀，婦人更因此懷孕。貞節牌坊屹立的村落自是容不下一個寡婦有孕，而女子結果也由得所愛男子與初生兒子被逐離村，自己終其節婦身份度過一生。　　本片可視作申相玉前作《媽媽和畫家叔叔》(Mother and a Guest, 1961)的變奏，片中寡婦同樣為了保存家族聲譽而犧牲了自己的愛情。《烈女門》於第二屆大鐘獎(1963)獲得最佳電影、最佳男主角及最佳剪接三個大獎，並參展第十三屆柏林電影節。