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10.0
Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
2024
as Himself
Shin Sang-ok
Also known as: Shin Tae-seo, Simon Sheen, Sang-ok Shin
Directing
Born:October 18, 1926
Died:April 11, 2006(aged 79)
Birthplace:Chongjin, Korea
Nationality:South Korea
Education:Tokyo University of the Arts
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (93 movies)
10.0
10.0
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
1964
Producer
8.2
8.2
Prince Yeonsan
1961
Director
8.0
8.0
Past Loves
1968
Producer
8.0
8.0
Traces
1967
Screenplay
8.0
8.0
Sorrow Even Up in Heaven
1965
Producer
7.5
7.5
The Eunuch
1968
Director
7.3
7.3
Seong Chun-hyang
1961
Writer
7.2
7.2
Madam White Snake
1960
Director
7.2
7.2
Bound by Chastity Rule
1962
Director
7.0
7.0
A Story of Two Sisters
1972
Producer
7.0
7.0
Lady of the Court
1972
Director
7.0
7.0
A Man And a Gisaeng
1969
Screenplay
7.0
7.0
The Evergreen
1961
Producer
7.0
7.0
A Ghost Story of Joseon Dynasty
1970
Director
6.9
6.9
The Lovers and the Despot
2016
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
6.9
6.9
Mother and a Guest
1961
Director
6.7
6.7
Five Fingers of Death
1972
Producer
6.6
6.6
A Thousand Year-Old Fox
1969
Director
6.5
6.5
The Last Woman of Shang
1964
Producer
6.5
6.5
A College Woman's Confession
1958
Director
6.5
6.5
Deaf Sam Yong
1964
Director
6.4
6.4
Six Assassins
1971
Producer
6.3
6.3
To the Last Day
1960
Producer
6.0
6.0
The Flower in Hell
1958
Director
6.0
6.0
The King with My Face
1967
Producer
6.0
6.0
It's Not Her Sin
1959
Writer
6.0
6.0
Dream
1955
Director
6.0
6.0
Prince Daewon
1968
Director
6.0
6.0
Red Scarf
1964
Director
6.0
6.0
Tyrant Yeonsan
1962
Director
6.0
6.0
The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law
1965
Producer
6.0
6.0
Runaway
1984
Director
5.8
5.8
Finger of Doom
1972
Producer
5.6
5.6
3 Ninjas Kick Back
1994
Executive Producer
5.5
5.5
Pulgasari
1985
Director
5.5
5.5
The Violator
1967
Director
5.3
5.3
The Ghost Lovers
1973
Director
5.2
5.2
Romance Papa
1960
Producer
5.2
5.2
The Country I Saw
1987
Director
5.0
5.0
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
1995
Director
5.0
5.0
Independence Association and Young Rhee Syngman
1959
Director
5.0
5.0
The Phantom Queen
1967
Director
5.0
5.0
The Shadowless Pagoda
1957
Director
5.0
5.0
The Youth
1955
Director
5.0
5.0
Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist
1990
Director
5.0
5.0
A Traffic Controller on Crossroads
1986
Producer
4.0
4.0
A Sister's Garden
1959
Director
4.0
4.0
An Upstart
1961
Producer
4.0
4.0
Winter Story
2023
Producer
4.0
4.0
Dongsimcho
1959
Director
3.1
3.1
Woman Prisoner No. 407
1976
Director
2.8
2.8
The Gardener
1998
Producer
2.7
2.7
Woman Prisoner No. 407 II
1976
Director
The Great Duel
1973
A Reluctant Prince
1963
Director
An Emissary of No Return
1984
Screenplay
One Second for a Feat
1985
Director
The Country I Saw, Part 3
1987
Director
The International Secret Agent
1965
Producer
Love, Love, My Love
1985
Director
Chun Hui
1959
Director
The Last Flight to Pyongyang
1972
Producer
The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
1965
Producer
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
1961
Producer
The Three-Day Reign
1973
Director
The Tale of Shim Cheong
1985
Producer
The Evening Bell
1970
Director
My Happiness
1987
Director
War and Human Being
1971
Producer
Revenge
1962
Producer
The Story of Bae Local Offcial
1965
Director
Heartlessness
1962
Producer
Rice
1963
Producer
The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude
1963
Producer
The Goddess of Mercy
1967
Director
Vanished
1994
Director
The Snake Woman
1969
Director
Love Affair
1963
Director
The Eunuch 2
1969
Producer
Women of Yi-Dynasty
1969
Director
Blood and Rose
1975
Director
Desire
1968
Producer
Teacher Waryong's Trip to Seoul
1962
Producer
The Story of Sim Cheong
1962
Producer
Over the Hill
1968
Producer
A Male Housekeeper
1968
Producer
The Homeless Wanderer
1968
Director
A Returned Man
1960
Producer
The Heir
1965
Producer
Salt
1985
Director
Mountain
1967
Director
Farewell
1973
Director
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