Shin Sang-ok
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 18, 1926
- Died
- April 11, 2006 (aged 79)
- Birthplace
- Chongjin, Korea
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.
Known For
Filmography
Winter Story
Movie · Director
The Country I Saw, Part 3
Movie · Director
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
Movie · Director
Vanished
Movie · Director
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
Movie · Director
The Country I Saw
Movie · Director
My Happiness
Movie · Director
Pulgasari
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Love, Love, My Love
Movie · Director
The Tale of Shim Cheong
Movie · Director
Salt
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Runaway
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An Emissary of No Return
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Miles Along the Railway
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Woman Prisoner No. 407 II
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Woman Prisoner No. 407
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Blood and Rose
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I Love Mama
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The Ghost Lovers
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The Three-Day Reign
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Farewell
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The Last Flight to Pyongyang
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Lady of the Court
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Filial Daughter Simcheong
Movie · Director
War and Human Being
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A Ghost Story of Joseon Dynasty
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The Evening Bell
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Women of Yi-Dynasty
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A Thousand Year-Old Fox
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The Snake Woman
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A Man And a Gisaeng
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The Eunuch 2
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Prince Daewon
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The Eunuch
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The Homeless Wanderer
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Mountain
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Traces
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The Goddess of Mercy
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The Violator
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The Phantom Queen
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Mounted Bandits
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The Story of Bae Local Offcial
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Deaf Sam Yong
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Red Scarf
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Rice
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Love Affair
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A Reluctant Prince
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Bound by Chastity Rule
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Tyrant Yeonsan
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Mother and a Guest
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Seong Chun-hyang
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Prince Yeonsan
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The Evergreen
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Romance Papa
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To the Last Day
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Madam White Snake
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Chun Hui
Movie · Director
It's Not Her Sin
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A Sister's Garden
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Independence Association and Young Rhee Syngman
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Dongsimcho
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The Flower in Hell
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A College Woman's Confession
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The Shadowless Pagoda
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Dream
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The Youth
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