Adultery Tree

1985 film

Adultery Tree

Theatrical poster for Adultery Tree (1985)

Hangul|

자녀목

Hanja|

恣女木

RR| Janyeomok
MR| Chanyŏmok
Directed by| Jung Jin-woo
Written by| Chi Sang-hak
Produced by| Jung Jin-woo
Starring| Won Mi-kyung
Cinematography| Lee Seong-chun
Edited by| Hyeon Dong-chun
Music by| Han Sang-ki
Distributed by| Woo Jin Films Co., Ltd.

Release date

* March 1, 1985 (1985-03-01)

Running time

| 125 minutes
Country| South Korea
Language| Korean

Adultery Tree (Korean: 자녀목; RR: Janyeomok) is a 1985 South Korean film directed by Jung Jin-woo. It was awarded Best Film at the Grand Bell Awards ceremony.[1][2]

## Synopsis

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In this historical drama, the matriarch of an aristocratic family makes the lady Yeon-ji's life miserable due to her inability to bear children. The matriarch brings a surrogate mother into the family, and orders Yeon-ji to kill herself. Yeon-ji hangs herself at the hanging tree used for women who have engaged in adultery.

## Cast

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* Won Mi-kyung
* Kim Yong-seon
* Park Jung-ja
* Kim Hee-ra
* Jeon Moo-song
* Choe Byeong-geun
* Hong Seong-min
* Lim Hae-lim
* Choe Jae-ho
* Park Jong-sel

## References

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1. ^ Lee Young-il (1988). The History of Korean Cinema. Translated by Richard Lynn Greever. Seoul: Motion Picture Promotion Corporation. pp. 275–278\. ISBN 89-88095-12-X.
2. ^ "Grand Bell Awards, South Korea". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-25.

## External links

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* Hanging Tree at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
* Janyeo-mok at IMDb
* "JANYEO-MOK". www.citwf.com. The Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
* "JANYOMOK (second entry)". www.citwf.com. The Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-07-19.
* 자녀목 (in Korean). Cine21. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-07-19.

Preceded by

Mulleya Mulleya

|  Grand Bell Awards for Best Film
1984 | Succeeded by

Mother

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Grand Bell Award for Best Film

1960s|

* Prince Yeonsan (1962)
* The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women (1963)
* Bloodline (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)
* Inside Men (2016)
* A Taxi Driver (2017)
* Burning (2018)
* Parasite (2019)

2020s|

* N/A (2020)
* N/A (2021)
* Decision to Leave (2022)
* Concrete Utopia (2023)

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