
Shin Sang-ok
Biography
Shin Sang-ok (born Shin Tae-seo; October 11, 1926 – April 11, 2006) was a South Korean filmmaker with more than 100 producer and 70 director credits to his name. His best-known films were made in the 1950s and 60s, many of them collaborations with his wife Choi Eun-hee, when he was known as "The Prince of South Korean Cinema".
In 1978, Shin and Choi were kidnapped by North Korean leader Kim Jong-il for the purpose of producing critically acclaimed films. The two remained in captivity for 8 years until 1986, when they escaped and sought asylum in the United States. Shin continued to produce and direct films in America, now under the pseudonym "Simon Sheen", before eventually returning to South Korea for his final years.
He received posthumously the Gold Crown Cultural Medal, the country's top honor for an artist.
Acting (3 movies)
Directing (63 movies)

Pulgasari
1985

3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
1995

One Second for a Feat
1985

The Country I Saw
1987

The Country I Saw, Part 3
1987

Mother and a Guest
1961

Women of Yi-Dynasty
1969

Woman Prisoner No. 407 II
1976

Woman Prisoner No. 407
1976

A Thousand Year-Old Fox
1969

Mountain
1967

The Flower in Hell
1958

Romance Papa
1960

Seong Chun-hyang
1961

Bound by Chastity Rule
1962

To the Last Day
1960

Dream
1955

The Ghost Lovers
1973

Deaf Sam Yong
1964

Prince Daewon
1968

Love, Love, My Love
1985

Madam White Snake
1960
The Snake Woman
1969

A Ghost Story of Joseon Dynasty
1970

Traces
1967

Rice
1963

Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
1990

A College Woman's Confession
1958

War and Human Being
1971

Chun Hui
1959

The Last Flight to Pyongyang
1972

The Goddess of Mercy
1967

Vanished
1994

It's Not Her Sin
1959

Tyrant Yeonsan
1962

Winter Story
2023

Love Affair
1963

A Sister's Garden
1959

The Evergreen
1961

Prince Yeonsan
1961

The Eunuch
1968

The Three-Day Reign
1973

The Tale of Shim Cheong
1985

The Story of Bae Local Offcial
1965

Red Scarf
1964

Blood and Rose
1975

The Evening Bell
1970

Independence Association and Young Rhee Syngman
1959

Dongsimcho
1959

My Happiness
1987

The Homeless Wanderer
1968

The Violator
1967

A Reluctant Prince
1963

Lady of the Court
1972

Farewell
1973

The Phantom Queen
1967

Salt
1985

A Man And a Gisaeng
1969

The Shadowless Pagoda
1957

The Eunuch 2
1969

The Youth
1955

Runaway
1984

An Emissary of No Return
1984


