Shin Sang-ok
96 movies
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Oct 18, 1926
- Died
- Apr 11, 2006 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Chongjin, Korea
- Also known as
- Shin Sang-Ok · 신상옥 · Shin Sang-okk · Simon S. Sheen
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.
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He received posthumously the Gold Crown Cultural Medal, the country's top honor for an artist.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Shin Sang-ok: movies and TV shows
Acting (1)
- 1973
Behind the camera (95)
- 2023 Winter Story
Director, Producer
- 2009 The Country I Saw, Part 3
Director
- 1998 The Gardener
Producer
- 1997 Galgameth
Original Film Writer
- 1995 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
Director, Executive Producer
- 1994 Vanished
Director, Writer
- 1994 3 Ninjas Kick Back
Executive Producer, Writer
- 1990 Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
Director
- 1987 My Happiness
Director
- 1987 The Country I Saw
Director
- 1986 A Traffic Controller on Crossroads
Producer
- 1986 Pulgasari
Director, Producer
- 1985 Salt
Director
- 1985 Love, Love, My Love
Director
- 1985 The Tale of Shim Cheong
Director, Producer
- 1984 Runaway
Director
- 1984 An Emissary of No Return
Director, Screenplay
- 1984 Miles Along the Railway
Director
- 1976 Woman Prisoner No. 407 II
Director
- 1976 Woman Prisoner No. 407
Director
- 1975 I Love Mama
Director
- 1975 Blood and Rose
Screenplay, Director
- 1973 The Ghost Lovers
Director
- 1973 Farewell
Director
- 1973 The Three-Day Reign
Director
- 1972 Filial Daughter Simcheong
Director
- 1972 A Story of Two Sisters
Producer
- 1972 Lady of the Court
Director
- 1972 Five Fingers of Death
Producer
- 1972 Finger of Doom
Producer
- 1972 The Last Flight to Pyongyang
Director, Producer
- 1971 War and Human Being
Director, Producer
- 1971 Six Assassins
Producer
- 1970 A Ghost Story of Joseon Dynasty
Director
- 1970 The Evening Bell
Director
- 1969 The Eunuch 2
Producer, Director
- 1969 The Partisan Lovers
Producer
- 1969 Women of Yi-Dynasty
Director, Producer
- 1969 A Thousand Year-Old Fox
Director
- 1969 The Snake Woman
Director
- 1969 A Man And a Gisaeng
Screenplay, Director
- 1968 The Eunuch
Director
- 1968 Past Loves
Producer
- 1968 The Homeless Wanderer
Director
- 1968 Over the Hill
Producer
- 1968 A Male Housekeeper
Producer
- 1968 Prince Daewon
Director, Producer
- 1968 Desire
Producer
- 1967 Mountain
Director
- 1967 Traces
Screenplay, Director
- 1967 Mounted Bandits
Director
- 1967 The King with My Face
Producer
- 1967 The Violator
Producer, Director
- 1967 The Phantom Queen
Director
- 1967 The Goddess of Mercy
Director
- 1965
- 1965 The Story of Bae Local Offcial
Director
- 1965 The International Secret Agent
Producer
- 1965 Sorrow Even Up in Heaven
Producer
- 1965 The Heir
Producer
- 1965
- 1964 Deaf Sam Yong
Director, Producer
- 1964 The Last Woman of Shang
Producer
- 1964 The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Producer
- 1964 Red Scarf
Director
- 1963 Rice
Director, Producer
- 1963 The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude
Producer
- 1963 A Reluctant Prince
Director, Producer
- 1963 Love Affair
Director
- 1962 Heartlessness
Producer
- 1962 Bound by Chastity Rule
Director, Producer
- 1962 Revenge
Producer
- 1962 Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul
Producer
- 1962 The Story of Sim Cheong
Producer
- 1962 Tyrant Yeonsan
Director, Producer
- 1961 Prince Yeonsan
Producer, Director
- 1961 The Evergreen
Producer, Director
- 1961 Mother and a Guest
Director, Producer
- 1961 An Upstart
Producer
- 1961 Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
Producer
- 1961 Seong Chun-hyang
Director, Writer
- 1960 A Returned Man
Producer
- 1960 Madam White Snake
Director
- 1960 To the Last Day
Producer, Director
- 1960 Romance Papa
Producer, Director
- 1959
- 1959 A Sister's Garden
Producer, Director
- 1959 Dongsimcho
Director
- 1959 Chun Hui
Director
- 1959 It's Not Her Sin
Art Direction, Writer, Director
- 1958 A College Woman's Confession
Adaptation, Director
- 1958 The Flower in Hell
Director, Producer
- 1957 The Shadowless Pagoda
Producer, Screenplay, Director
- 1955 The Youth
Producer, Director
- 1955 Dream
Director, Adaptation, Editor
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2024
- 2016