Adultery Tree

{{short description|1985 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Adultery Tree

| image = Adultery Tree.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster for Adultery Tree (1985)

| native_name = {{Infobox Korean|child=yes

| hangul = 자녀목

| hanja = {{linktext|恣|女|木|}}

| rr = Janyeomok

| mr = Chanyŏmok}}

| director = Jung Jin-woo

| producer = Jung Jin-woo

| writer = Chi Sang-hak

| starring = Won Mi-kyung

| music = Han Sang-ki

| cinematography = Lee Seong-chun

| editing = Hyeon Dong-chun

| distributor = Woo Jin Films Co., Ltd.

| released = {{Film date|1985|03|01}}

| runtime = 125 minutes

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Adultery Tree ({{korean|자녀목||Janyeomok}}) is a 1985 South Korean film directed by Jung Jin-woo. It was awarded Best Film at the Grand Bell Awards ceremony.{{cite book|author = Lee Young-il|translator = Richard Lynn Greever|year=1988|title=The History of Korean Cinema|publisher=Motion Picture Promotion Corporation|location = Seoul|isbn=89-88095-12-X|pages=275–278}}{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Grand_Bell_Awards_South_Korea/|title=Grand Bell Awards, South Korea|accessdate=2009-06-25|publisher=Internet Movie Database| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090609110846/http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Grand_Bell_Awards_South_Korea/| archivedate= 9 June 2009 | url-status= live}}

Synopsis

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.

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