Shin Sang-ok
Directing
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
Directing65
movieWinter Story
2023
Director
movie3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
1995
Director
movieVanished
1994
Director
movieThe Country I Saw
1987
Director
moviePulgasari
1986
Director
movieSalt
1985
Director
movieLove, Love, My Love
1985
Director
movieThe Tale of Shim Cheong
1985
Director
movieRunaway
1984
Director
movieWoman Prisoner No. 407
1976
Director
I Love Mama
1975
Director
movieBlood and Rose
1975
Director
movieThe Ghost Lovers
1973
Director
movieFarewell
1973
Director
movieThe Three-Day Reign
1973
Director
movieLady of the Court
1972
Director
movieWar and Human Being
1971
Director
movieThe Evening Bell
1970
Director
movieThe Eunuch 2
1969
Director
movieWomen of Yi-Dynasty
1969
Director
movieA Thousand Year-Old Fox
1969
Director
movieA Man And a Gisaeng
1969
Director
movieThe Eunuch
1968
Director
movieThe Homeless Wanderer
1968
Director
moviePrince Daewon
1968
Director
movieMountain
1967
Director
movieTraces
1967
Director
movieMounted Bandits
1967
Director
movieThe Violator
1967
Director
movieThe Phantom Queen
1967
Director
movieThe Goddess of Mercy
1967
Director
movieDeaf Sam Yong
1964
Director
movieRed Scarf
1964
Director
movieRice
1963
Director
movieA Reluctant Prince
1963
Director
movieLove Affair
1963
Director
movieBound by Chastity Rule
1962
Director
movieTyrant Yeonsan
1962
Director
moviePrince Yeonsan
1961
Director
movieThe Evergreen
1961
Director
movieMother and a Guest
1961
Director
movieSeong Chun-hyang
1961
Director
movieMadam White Snake
1960
Director
movieTo the Last Day
1960
Director
movieRomance Papa
1960
Director
movieA Sister's Garden
1959
Director
movieDongsimcho
1959
Director
movieChun Hui
1959
Director
movieIt's Not Her Sin
1959
Director
movieThe Flower in Hell
1958
Director
movieThe Shadowless Pagoda
1957
Director
movieThe Youth
1955
Director
movieDream
1955
Director
Production52
movieWinter Story
2023
Producer
movieThe Gardener
1998
Producer
movie3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
1995
Executive Producer
movie3 Ninjas Kick Back
1994
Executive Producer
moviePulgasari
1986
Producer
movieThe Tale of Shim Cheong
1985
Producer
movieA Story of Two Sisters
1972
Producer
movieFive Fingers of Death
1972
Producer
movieFinger of Doom
1972
Producer
movieWar and Human Being
1971
Producer
movieSix Assassins
1971
Producer
movieThe Eunuch 2
1969
Producer
movieThe Partisan Lovers
1969
Producer
movieWomen of Yi-Dynasty
1969
Producer
moviePast Loves
1968
Producer
movieOver the Hill
1968
Producer
movieA Male Housekeeper
1968
Producer
moviePrince Daewon
1968
Producer
movieDesire
1968
Producer
movieThe King with My Face
1967
Producer
movieThe Violator
1967
Producer
movieThe Heir
1965
Producer
movieDeaf Sam Yong
1964
Producer
movieThe Last Woman of Shang
1964
Producer
movieRice
1963
Producer
movieA Reluctant Prince
1963
Producer
movieHeartlessness
1962
Producer
movieBound by Chastity Rule
1962
Producer
movieRevenge
1962
Producer
movieThe Story of Sim Cheong
1962
Producer
movieTyrant Yeonsan
1962
Producer
moviePrince Yeonsan
1961
Producer
movieThe Evergreen
1961
Producer
movieMother and a Guest
1961
Producer
movieAn Upstart
1961
Producer
movieA Returned Man
1960
Producer
movieTo the Last Day
1960
Producer
movieRomance Papa
1960
Producer
movieA Sister's Garden
1959
Producer
movieThe Flower in Hell
1958
Producer
movieThe Shadowless Pagoda
1957
Producer
movieThe Youth
1955
Producer
Writing12
movieGalgameth
1997
Original Film Writer
movieVanished
1994
Writer
movieAn Emissary of No Return
1984
Screenplay
movieBlood and Rose
1975
Screenplay
movieA Man And a Gisaeng
1969
Screenplay
movieTraces
1967
Screenplay
movieA College Woman's Confession
1958
Adaptation
movieThe Shadowless Pagoda
1957
Screenplay
movieDream
1955
Adaptation
Acting3
movieThe Lovers and the Despot
2016
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Art1
movieIt's Not Her Sin
1959
Art Direction
Editing1
movieDream
1955
Editor