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Shin Sang-ok

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
3

Gender
Male

Birthday
October 18, 1926 (99 years old)

Place of Birth
Chongjin, Korea

Shin Sang-ok

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

Directing

2023Winter Story...Director
2009The Country I Saw, Part 3...Director
19953 Ninjas Knuckle Up...Director
1994Vanished...Director
1990Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist...Director
1987My Happiness...Director
1987The Country I Saw...Director
1986Pulgasari...Director
1985Salt...Director
1985The Tale of Shim Cheong...Director
1985Love, Love, My Love...Director
1984Runaway...Director
1984An Emissary of No Return...Director
1976Woman Prisoner No. 407 II...Director
1976Woman Prisoner No. 407...Director
1975I Love Mama...Director
1975Blood and Rose...Director
1973The Ghost Lovers...Director
1973Farewell...Director
1973The Three-Day Reign...Director
1972Filial Daughter Simcheong...Director
1972Lady of the Court...Director
1972The Last Flight to Pyongyang...Director
1971War and Human Being...Director
1970A Ghost Story of Joseon Dynasty...Director
1970The Evening Bell...Director
1969The Eunuch 2...Director
1969Women of Yi-Dynasty...Director
1969A Thousand Year-Old Fox...Director
1969The Snake Woman...Director
1969A Man And a Gisaeng...Director
1968The Eunuch...Director
1968The Homeless Wanderer...Director
1968Prince Daewon...Director
1967Mountain...Director
1967Traces...Director
1967Mounted Bandits...Director
1967The Violator...Director
1967The Phantom Queen...Director
1967The Goddess of Mercy...Director
1965The Story of Bae Local Offcial...Director
1964Deaf Sam Yong...Director
1964Red Scarf...Director
1963Rice...Director
1963A Reluctant Prince...Director
1963Love Affair...Director
1962Bound by Chastity Rule...Director
1962Tyrant Yeonsan...Director
1961Prince Yeonsan...Director
1961The Evergreen...Director
1961Mother and a Guest...Director
1961Seong Chun-hyang...Director
1960Madam White Snake...Director
1960To the Last Day...Director
1960Romance Papa...Director
1959Independence Association and Young Rhee Syngman...Director
1959A Sister's Garden...Director
1959Dongsimcho...Director
1959Chun Hui...Director
1959It's Not Her Sin...Director
1958A College Woman's Confession...Director
1958The Flower in Hell...Director
1957The Shadowless Pagoda...Director
1955The Youth...Director
1955Dream...Director

Production

2023Winter Story...Producer
1998The Gardener...Producer
19953 Ninjas Knuckle Up...Executive Producer
19943 Ninjas Kick Back...Executive Producer
1986A Traffic Controller on Crossroads...Producer
1986Pulgasari...Producer
1985The Tale of Shim Cheong...Producer
1972A Story of Two Sisters...Producer
1972Five Fingers of Death...Producer
1972Finger of Doom...Producer
1972The Last Flight to Pyongyang...Producer
1971War and Human Being...Producer
1971Six Assassins...Producer
1969The Eunuch 2...Producer
1969The Partisan Lovers...Producer
1969Women of Yi-Dynasty...Producer
1968Past Loves...Producer
1968Over the Hill...Producer
1968A Male Housekeeper...Producer
1968Prince Daewon...Producer
1968Desire...Producer
1967The King with My Face...Producer
1967The Violator...Producer
1965The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law...Producer
1965The International Secret Agent...Producer
1965Sorrow Even Up in Heaven...Producer
1965The Heir...Producer
1965The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine...Producer
1964Deaf Sam Yong...Producer
1964The Last Woman of Shang...Producer
1964The Teacher with Ten Daughters...Producer
1963Rice...Producer
1963The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude...Producer
1963A Reluctant Prince...Producer
1962Heartlessness...Producer
1962Bound by Chastity Rule...Producer
1962Revenge...Producer
1962Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul...Producer
1962The Story of Sim Cheong...Producer
1962Tyrant Yeonsan...Producer
1961Prince Yeonsan...Producer
1961The Evergreen...Producer
1961Mother and a Guest...Producer
1961An Upstart...Producer
1961Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber...Producer
1960A Returned Man...Producer
1960To the Last Day...Producer
1960Romance Papa...Producer
1959A Sister's Garden...Producer
1958The Flower in Hell...Producer
1957The Shadowless Pagoda...Producer
1955The Youth...Producer

Writing

1997Galgameth...Original Film Writer
1994Vanished...Writer
19943 Ninjas Kick Back...Writer
1984An Emissary of No Return...Screenplay
1975Blood and Rose...Screenplay
1969A Man And a Gisaeng...Screenplay
1967Traces...Screenplay
1961Seong Chun-hyang...Writer
1959It's Not Her Sin...Writer
1958A College Woman's Confession...Adaptation
1957The Shadowless Pagoda...Screenplay
1955Dream...Adaptation

Art

1959It's Not Her Sin...Art Direction

Editing

1955Dream...Editor

Acting

2024Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kimas Himself
2016The Lovers and the Despotas Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
1973The Great Duelas