Choi Eun-hee
Biography
Choi Eun-hee (November 20, 1926 – April 16, 2018) was a South Korean actress, who was one of the country's most popular stars of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1978, Choi and her then ex-husband, movie director Shin Sang-ok, were abducted to North Korea, where they were forced to make films until they sought asylum at the US Embassy in Vienna in 1986. They returned to South Korea in 1999 after spending a decade in the United States.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (50)
Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
as Herself
2024
The Lovers and the Despot
as Self - Actress / Various Roles
2016
Keeping the Vision Alive
as Herself
2002
I'll Be Seeing Her
as Herself
2002
The Country I Saw
Director (Directing)
1987
The Country I Saw, Part 3
Director (Directing)
1987
The Country I Saw, Part 2
Director (Directing)
1987
A Traffic Controller on Crossroads
Producer (Production)
1986
Salt
as mother
1985
Love, Love, My Love
as Chunhyang's mother
1985
The Tale of Shim Cheong
as Shim Cheong's mother
1985
Runaway
as Song Ryul's wife
1984
An Emissary of No Return
Director (Directing)
1984
An Unmarried Teacher
Director (Directing)
1973
Women of Yi-Dynasty
1969
Woman
1968
The Land of Korea
1968
The Homeless Wanderer
1968
Mountain
1967
One-sided Love of Princess
Director (Directing)
1967
The Phantom Queen
1967
Six Daughters
1967
The Monkey Goes West
1966
The Woman Coming in Fall
1965
The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law
as Jum-soon
1965
The Story of Bae Local Offcial
1965
The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
as Queen Min
1965
Deaf Sam Yong
1964
When Night Falls at Myeongdong
1964
The Last Woman of Shang
1964
Red Scarf
as Ji-seon
1964
Rice
1963
The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude
as Ok-gyeong
1963
A Reluctant Prince
1963
Love Affair
1963
Heartlessness
1962
Bound by Chastity Rule
1962
Revenge
1962
The Story of Sim Cheong
1962
A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng
as Ipbun
1962
Tyrant Yeonsan
as Queen Shin
1962
Prince Yeonsan
1961
Under the Sky in Seoul
as Kim Hyeon-ok
1961
The Evergreen
as Chae Yeong-shin
1961
Mother and a Guest
as Mother
1961
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
as Yeon-hwa
1961
Seong Chun-hyang
as Seong Chun-hyang
1961
A Returned Man
as Gyeong-hui
1960
Madam White Snake
as Madam White Snake
1960
The Moral of Youth
1960