Choi Eun-hee
Acting·November 20, 1926·† April 16, 2018 — 91 years old·Gwangju, South Korea
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
The Lovers and the Despot
2016·6.9
The Flower in Hell
1958·6.2
Mother and a Guest
1961·6.9
A Hometown in Heart
1949·7.4
A Traffic Controller on Crossroads
1986·5.0
Bound by Chastity Rule
1962·7.1
Seong Chun-hyang
1961·7.7
The Money
1958·6.3
The Country I Saw
1987·5.2
Under the Sky in Seoul
1961·7.0
Deaf Sam Yong
1964·7.2
Prince Yeonsan
1961·8.6
Filmography · 70
2024Cinema in the Land of Comrade KimHerself2016The Lovers and the DespotSelf - Actress / Various Roles2009The Country I Saw, Part 3Director2009The Country I Saw, Part 2Director2002Keeping the Vision AliveHerself2002I'll Be Seeing HerHerself1987The Country I SawDirector1986A Traffic Controller on CrossroadsProducer1985SaltMother1985Love, Love, My LoveChunhyang's mother1985The Tale of Shim CheongShim Cheong's mother · Co-Producer1984RunawaySong Ryul's wife1984An Emissary of No ReturnDirector1975I Love Mama1973An Unmarried TeacherDirector1969Women of Yi-Dynasty1968Woman1968The Land of Korea1968The Homeless Wanderer1967Mountain1967Mounted Bandits1967One-sided Love of PrincessDirector1967The Phantom Queen1967Six Daughters1966The Monkey Goes West1965The Woman Coming in Fall1965The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-lawJum-soon · Director1965The Story of Bae Local Offcial1965The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the HeroineQueen Min1964Deaf Sam Yong1964When Night Falls at Myeongdong1964The Last Woman of Shang1964Red ScarfJi-seon1963Rice1963The Cloud Bridge of GratitudeOk-gyeong1963A Reluctant Prince1963Love Affair1962Heartlessness1962Bound by Chastity Rule1962Revenge1962The Story of Sim Cheong1962A Happy Day of Jinsa MaengIpbun1962Tyrant YeonsanQueen Shin1961Prince Yeonsan1961Under the Sky in SeoulKim Hyeon-ok1961The EvergreenChae Yeong-shin1961Mother and a GuestMother1961Iljimae the Chivalrous RobberYeon-hwa1961Seong Chun-hyangSeong Chun-hyang1960A Returned ManGyeong-hui1960Madam White SnakeMadam White Snake1960The Moral of Youth1960To the Last DayHye-kyung1960Romance PapaEum-jeon1960A Sad PastoraleHan Do-sook1959A Sister's GardenJeong-hui1959DongsimchoLee Sook-hee1959Chun HuiChun-hui1959It's Not Her SinYoung-sook1958A Country GirlKim Ok-gyeong1958The Love MarriageSuk-hee1958A College Woman's ConfessionSo-yeong1958The Flower in HellSonia1958The MoneyOk-gyeong1957The Shadowless PagodaGuseulagi1955The YouthLee In-hwa1955DreamDal-lye1949A Hometown in HeartWidow1948The Sun of Night1947A New Oath