Shin Sang-ok
Directing · Born 1926-10-18 · age 79 at death · Chongjin, Korea
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.
Titles
3 Ninjas Kick Back
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
Five Fingers of Death
Pulgasari
The Flower in Hell
Galgameth
Mother and a Guest
A Thousand Year-Old Fox
Finger of Doom
The Gardener
A Traffic Controller on Crossroads
Seong Chun-hyang
Bound by Chastity Rule
The Ghost Lovers
The Country I Saw
Woman Prisoner No. 407
Romance Papa
Deaf Sam Yong
The Evergreen
Prince Yeonsan
Six Assassins
To the Last Day
Woman Prisoner No. 407 II
Madam White Snake
A College Woman's Confession
The Shadowless Pagoda
Tyrant Yeonsan
The Eunuch
Independence Association and Young Rhee Syngman
Lady of the Court
The Last Woman of Shang
The Youth
It's Not Her Sin
A Sister's Garden
Traces
Dream
Prince Daewon
A Ghost Story of Joseon Dynasty
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
A Story of Two Sisters
Winter Story
The King with My Face
An Upstart
Red Scarf
The Violator
Dongsimcho
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Past Loves
Sorrow Even Up in Heaven
The Phantom Queen
Women of Yi-Dynasty
The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law
A Returned Man
Love, Love, My Love
The Snake Woman
Rice
Chun Hui
The Last Flight to Pyongyang
Vanished
Love Affair