Shin Sang-ok
Known for: Directing
Born: October 18, 1926
Died: April 11, 2006
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
97 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
2024
4.0
Winter Story
2023
6.9
The Lovers and the Despot
2016
NR
The Country I Saw, Part 3
2009
3.5
The Gardener
1998
5.2
Galgameth
1997
5.2
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
1995
10.0
Vanished
1994
5.6
3 Ninjas Kick Back
1994
6.5
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
19907.0
My Happiness
1987
5.2
The Country I Saw
1987
5.0
A Traffic Controller on Crossroads
1986
5.5
Pulgasari
1986
10.0
Salt
1985
10.0
Love, Love, My Love
1985
NR
The Tale of Shim Cheong
1985
6.0
Runaway
1984
7.5
An Emissary of No Return
1984
4.0
Woman Prisoner No. 407 II
1976
4.1
Woman Prisoner No. 407
19769.0
I Love Mama
1975
NR
Blood and Rose
1975
5.9
The Ghost Lovers
1973
NR
Farewell
1973
NR
The Great Duel
1973
NR
The Three-Day Reign
1973
NR
Filial Daughter Simcheong
1972
8.5
A Story of Two Sisters
1972
7.3
Lady of the Court
1972
6.7
Five Fingers of Death
1972
6.4
Finger of Doom
1972
7.0
The Last Flight to Pyongyang
1972
NR
War and Human Being
1971
6.4
Six Assassins
1971
7.0
A Ghost Story of Joseon Dynasty
1970
10.0
The Evening Bell
1970
8.0
The Eunuch 2
1969
NR
The Partisan Lovers
1969
9.0
Women of Yi-Dynasty
1969
6.7
A Thousand Year-Old Fox
19698.0
The Snake Woman
1969
7.0
A Man And a Gisaeng
1969
7.3
The Eunuch
1968
8.5
Past Loves
1968
7.0
The Homeless Wanderer
1968
NR
Over the Hill
1968
NR
A Male Housekeeper
1968
8.0
Prince Daewon
1968
10.0
Desire
1968
NR
Mountain
1967
8.5
Traces
1967
9.0
Mounted Bandits
1967
7.5
The King with My Face
1967
7.3
The Violator
1967
6.5
The Phantom Queen
1967
NR
The Goddess of Mercy
1967
6.0
The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law
1965
NR
The Story of Bae Local Offcial
1965NR
The International Secret Agent
1965
9.0
Sorrow Even Up in Heaven
1965
10.0
The Heir
1965
NR
The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
1965
7.2
Deaf Sam Yong
1964
7.0
The Last Woman of Shang
1964
8.5
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
1964
7.5
Red Scarf
1964
8.0
Rice
19638.0
The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude
1963
9.0
A Reluctant Prince
1963
10.0
Love Affair
1963
8.0
Heartlessness
1962
7.1
Bound by Chastity Rule
1962
NR
Revenge
1962
NR
Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul
1962
8.0
The Story of Sim Cheong
1962
6.0
Tyrant Yeonsan
1962
8.6
Prince Yeonsan
1961
7.4
The Evergreen
1961
6.9
Mother and a Guest
1961
6.5
An Upstart
1961
7.0
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
1961
7.7
Seong Chun-hyang
1961
7.0
A Returned Man
1960
7.9
Madam White Snake
1960
6.5
To the Last Day
1960
5.8
Romance Papa
1960
6.3
Independence Association and Young Rhee Syngman
1959
6.0
A Sister's Garden
1959
6.5
Dongsimcho
1959
9.0
Chun Hui
1959
8.0
It's Not Her Sin
1959
7.3
A College Woman's Confession
1958
6.2
The Flower in Hell
1958
6.3
The Shadowless Pagoda
1957
6.7
The Youth
1955
6.5
Dream
1955