Choi Eun-hie

Choi Eun-hie

b. 1926 — d. 2018 (aged 92) Gwangju, South Korea

Actress Director

Choi Eun-hee (Hangul: 최은희; 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 U.S. embassy in Vienna in 1986. They returned to South Korea in 1999 after spending a decade in the United States.

Known For

The Noble Thief, Iljimae

Seong Chun-hyang

Seong Chun-hyang

The Sun of Night

The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law

Filmography

The Lovers & the Despot

The Lovers & the Despot

The Golden Age of Korean Cinema and the Legend of Shin Film

Keeping the Vision Alive: Women in Korean Filmmaking

A Broad Bellflower

A Broad Bellflower

The Country I Saw, Part 3

The Country I Saw, Part 2

Love, Love, My Love

Love, Love, My Love

The Tale of Shim Chong

An Emissary of No Return

An Emissary of No Return

Eomeoniwa adeul

A Family with Many Daughters

Sun, Moon, Star, and Love

The Evening Bell

Women of Yi-Dynasty

Women of Yi-Dynasty

Husband's House

Deer in the Snow

The Days After Love

Sister and Brother

Woman

The Homeless Wanderer

Mounted Bandits

Can't Die Like This

A Princess' One-Sided Love

Taindeul

The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law

1965 Actress Director

A Woman Coming in Autumn

Eliza: Secret Agent

Deaf Sam-yong

The Red Scarf

Why Plant an Umbrella Tree?

Night in Myeongdong

Night in Myeongdong

The Govenor of Pyeongyang

Rice

Love Affair

A Reluctant Prince

A Reluctant Prince

Bo-eun's Cloud Bridge

Cheol-jong and Bok-nyeo

The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women

The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women

The Happy Day of Maeng Jin-sa

The Happy Day of Maeng Jin-sa

A Twenty-Nine Year Old Mother

Bride from the Mountains

Grudge of Ilwondo

The Great Story of Shim Jeong

The Great Story of Shim Jeong

Mother and a Guest

Mother and a Guest

Seong Chun-hyang

Seong Chun-hyang

Under the Sky of Seoul

Under the Sky of Seoul

Evergreen Tree

The Noble Thief, Iljimae

A Korean Tragedy

A Romantic Papa

A Romantic Papa

Madam White Snake

Madam White Snake

To the Last Day

To the Last Day

History of Love

A Sad Pastorale

Cheongchunui yunri

The Man Who Returned

The Man Who Returned

Sister's Garden

Sister's Garden

Dongshimcho

It's Not Her Sin

It's Not Her Sin

Lee Seung-man and the Independence Movement

Lee Seung-man and the Independence Movement

Return to a Sunny Place

Those Were the Days

The Flower in Hell

The Flower in Hell

The Money

Confessions of a College Student

The Love Marriage

The Love Marriage

The Shadowless Pagoda

Love Caused Pain

Farewell, Sorrow

A Hometown in Heart

A Hometown in Heart

The Sun of Night

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