Person
Choi Eun-hee
Acting · 1926–2018 · Gwangju, South Korea
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.
Known for
Bound by Chastity Rule
1962
A Reluctant Prince
1963
The Monkey Goes West
1966
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
Yeon-hwa
The Flower in Hell
Sonia
Red Scarf
Ji-seon
Romance Papa
Eum-jeon
The Story of Sim Cheong
1962
To the Last Day
Hye-kyung
The Youth
Lee In-hwa
Filmography
- 2024Cinema in the Land of Comrade KimHerself
- 2016The Lovers and the DespotSelf - Actress / Various Roles
- 2009The Country I Saw, Part 2Director
- 2009The Country I Saw, Part 3Director
- 2002Keeping the Vision AliveHerself
- 2002I'll Be Seeing HerHerself
- 1987The Country I SawDirector
- 1986A Traffic Controller on CrossroadsProducer
- 1985SaltMother
- 1985Love, Love, My LoveChunhyang's mother
- 1985The Tale of Shim CheongShim Cheong's mother
- 1984RunawaySong Ryul's wife
- 1984An Emissary of No ReturnDirector
- 1975I Love Mama
- 1973An Unmarried TeacherDirector
- 1969Women of Yi-Dynasty
- 1968Woman
- 1968The Land of Korea
- 1968The Homeless Wanderer
- 1967Mountain
- 1967Mounted Bandits
- 1967One-sided Love of PrincessDirector
- 1967The Phantom Queen
- 1967Six Daughters
- 1966The Monkey Goes West
- 1965The Woman Coming in Fall
- 1965The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-lawJum-soon
- 1965The Story of Bae Local Offcial
- 1965The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the HeroineQueen Min
- 1964Deaf Sam Yong
- 1964When Night Falls at Myeongdong
- 1964The Last Woman of Shang
- 1964Red ScarfJi-seon
- 1963Rice
- 1963The Cloud Bridge of GratitudeOk-gyeong
- 1963A Reluctant Prince
- 1963Love Affair
- 1962Heartlessness
- 1962Bound by Chastity Rule
- 1962Revenge
- 1962The Story of Sim Cheong
- 1962A Happy Day of Jinsa MaengIpbun
- 1962Tyrant YeonsanQueen Shin
- 1961Prince Yeonsan
- 1961Under the Sky in SeoulKim Hyeon-ok
- 1961The EvergreenChae Yeong-shin
- 1961Mother and a GuestMother
- 1961Iljimae the Chivalrous RobberYeon-hwa
- 1961Seong Chun-hyangSeong Chun-hyang
- 1960A Returned ManGyeong-hui
- 1960Madam White SnakeMadam White Snake
- 1960The Moral of Youth
- 1960To the Last DayHye-kyung
- 1960Romance PapaEum-jeon
- 1960A Sad PastoraleHan Do-sook
- 1959A Sister's GardenJeong-hui
- 1959DongsimchoLee Sook-hee
- 1959Chun HuiChun-hui
- 1959It's Not Her SinYoung-sook
- 1958A Country GirlKim Ok-gyeong
- 1958The Love MarriageSuk-hee
- 1958A College Woman's ConfessionSo-yeong
- 1958The Flower in HellSonia
- 1958The MoneyOk-gyeong
- 1957The Shadowless PagodaGuseulagi
- 1955The YouthLee In-hwa
- 1955DreamDal-lye
- 1949A Hometown in HeartWidow
- 1948The Sun of Night
- 1947A New Oath
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