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