Shin Sang-ok
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.
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Movies (99)
Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
2024 · Himself
Winter Story
2023 · Director, Producer
The Lovers and the Despot
2016 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Country I Saw, Part 3
2009 · Director
The Gardener
1998 · Producer
Galgameth
1997 · Original Film Writer
3 Ninjas Contraatacan
1995 · Director, Executive Producer
Vanished
1994 · Director, Writer
3 Ninjas al rescate
1994 · Writer, Executive Producer
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
1990 · Director
My Happiness
1987 · Director
The Country I Saw
1987 · Director
A Traffic Controller on Crossroads
1986 · Producer
Pulgasari
1986 · Director, Producer
Salt
1985 · Director
Love, Love, My Love
1985 · Director
The Tale of Shim Cheong
1985 · Director, Producer
Runaway
1984 · Director
An Emissary of No Return
1984 · Director, Screenplay
Miles Along the Railway
1984 · Director
Woman Prisoner No. 407 II
1976 · Director
Woman Prisoner No. 407
1976 · Director
I Love Mama
1975 · Director
Blood and Rose
1975 · Screenplay, Director
The Ghost Lovers
1973 · Director
Farewell
1973 · Director
The Great Duel
1973
The Three-Day Reign
1973 · Director
Filial Daughter Simcheong
1972 · Director
A Story of Two Sisters
1972 · Producer
Lady of the Court
1972 · Director
Five Fingers of Death
1972 · Producer
Finger of Doom
1972 · Producer
The Last Flight to Pyongyang
1972 · Director, Producer
War and Human Being
1971 · Director, Producer
Six Assassins
1971 · Producer
A Ghost Story of Joseon Dynasty
1970 · Director
The Evening Bell
1970 · Director
The Eunuch 2
1969 · Producer, Director
The Partisan Lovers
1969 · Producer
Women of Yi-Dynasty
1969 · Director, Producer
A Thousand Year-Old Fox
1969 · Director
The Snake Woman
1969 · Director
Father and sons
1969 · Producer
A Man And a Gisaeng
1969 · Director, Screenplay
The Eunuch
1968 · Director
Past Loves
1968 · Producer
The Homeless Wanderer
1968 · Director
Over the Hill
1968 · Producer
A Male Housekeeper
1968 · Producer
Prince Daewon
1968 · Director, Producer
Desire
1968 · Producer
Mountain
1967 · Director
Traces
1967 · Screenplay, Director
Mounted Bandits
1967 · Director
The King with My Face
1967 · Producer
The Violator
1967 · Producer, Director
The Phantom Queen
1967 · Director
The Goddess of Mercy
1967 · Director
The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law
1965 · Producer
The Story of Bae Local Offcial
1965 · Director
The International Secret Agent
1965 · Producer
Sorrow Even Up in Heaven
1965 · Producer
The Heir
1965 · Producer
The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
1965 · Producer
Deaf Sam Yong
1964 · Director, Producer
The Last Woman of Shang
1964 · Producer
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
1964 · Producer
Red Scarf
1964 · Director
Rice
1963 · Director, Producer
The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude
1963 · Producer
A Reluctant Prince
1963 · Director, Producer
Love Affair
1963 · Director
Heartlessness
1962 · Producer
Bound by Chastity Rule
1962 · Director, Producer
Revenge
1962 · Producer
Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul
1962 · Producer
The Story of Sim Cheong
1962 · Producer
Tyrant Yeonsan
1962 · Director, Producer
Prince Yeonsan
1961 · Producer, Director
The Evergreen
1961 · Producer, Director
Mother and a Guest
1961 · Director, Producer
An Upstart
1961 · Producer
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
1961 · Producer
Seong Chun-hyang
1961 · Director, Writer
A Returned Man
1960 · Producer
Madam White Snake
1960 · Director
To the Last Day
1960 · Producer, Director
Romance Papa
1960 · Producer, Director
Independence Association and Young Rhee Syngman
1959 · Director
A Sister's Garden
1959 · Producer, Director
Dongsimcho
1959 · Director
Chun Hui
1959 · Director
It's Not Her Sin
1959 · Art Direction, Director, Writer
A College Woman's Confession
1958 · Adaptation, Director
The Flower in Hell
1958 · Director, Producer
The Shadowless Pagoda
1957 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
The Youth
1955 · Producer, Director
Dream
1955 · Director, Adaptation, Editor
TV shows (0)
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