Directing
Shin Sang-ok
FA, KO, EN, ZH cinema · 99 credits
Born
18 October 1926
Died
11 April 2006 (aged 79)
Birthplace
Chongjin, Korea
Also known as Shin Sang-Ok · 신상옥 · Shin Sang-okk · Simon S. Sheen · Simon Sheen · Shen Hsiang Yu
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
Filmography
Winter Story
Director, Producer
The Lovers and the Despot
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Gardener
Producer
Galgameth
Original Film Writer
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
Director, Executive Producer
Vanished
Director, Writer
3 Ninjas Kick Back
Executive Producer, Writer
The Country I Saw
Director
Pulgasari
Director, Producer
Love, Love, My Love
Director
The Tale of Shim Cheong
Director, Producer
Salt
Director
Runaway
Director
An Emissary of No Return
Director, Screenplay
Blood and Rose
Screenplay, Director
The Ghost Lovers
Director
Farewell
Director
The Last Flight to Pyongyang
Director, Producer
Finger of Doom
Producer
Lady of the Court
Director
War and Human Being
Director, Producer
Six Assassins
Producer
The Evening Bell
Director
Women of Yi-Dynasty
Director, Producer
A Man And a Gisaeng
Screenplay, Director
The Eunuch 2
Producer, Director
Prince Daewon
Director, Producer
The Eunuch
Director
Desire
Producer
Past Loves
Producer
Over the Hill
Producer
Traces
Screenplay, Director
Mountain
Director
The Violator
Producer, Director
The Phantom Queen
Director
Mounted Bandits
Director
The Heir
Producer
Deaf Sam Yong
Director, Producer
Red Scarf
Director
Rice
Director, Producer
Love Affair
Director
A Reluctant Prince
Director, Producer
Bound by Chastity Rule
Director, Producer
Tyrant Yeonsan
Director, Producer
Revenge
Producer
Heartlessness
Producer
Mother and a Guest
Director, Producer
Seong Chun-hyang
Director, Writer
The Evergreen
Producer, Director
Prince Yeonsan
Producer, Director
An Upstart
Producer
Romance Papa
Producer, Director
To the Last Day
Producer, Director
A Returned Man
Producer
Madam White Snake
Director
It's Not Her Sin
Art Direction, Writer, Director
A Sister's Garden
Producer, Director
Chun Hui
Director
Dongsimcho
Director
A College Woman's Confession
Adaptation, Director
The Flower in Hell
Director, Producer
The Shadowless Pagoda
Producer, Screenplay, Director
Dream
Director, Adaptation, Editor
The Youth
Producer, Director