Choi Eun-hee

Nov 20, 1926 - Apr 16, 2018 (91 years old) in 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

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The Last Woman of Shang

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The Flower in Hell

Sonia

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The Monkey Goes West

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A Sad Pastorale

Han Do-sook

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Deaf Sam Yong

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The Evergreen

Chae Yeong-shin

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Mother and a Guest

Mother

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It's Not Her Sin

Young-sook

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Prince Yeonsan

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A Returned Man

Gyeong-hui

Credits

Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim 2024

Herself

★ 10
The Lovers and the Despot 2016

Self - Actress / Various Roles

★ 6.9
Keeping the Vision Alive 2002

Herself

★ NR
I'll Be Seeing Her 2002

Herself

★ NR
Salt 1985

mother

★ NR
Love, Love, My Love 1985

Chunhyang's mother

★ NR
The Tale of Shim Cheong 1985

Shim Cheong's mother

★ NR
Runaway 1984

Song Ryul's wife

★ 6
Women of Yi-Dynasty 1969

★ NR
Woman 1968

★ NR
The Land of Korea 1968

★ NR
The Homeless Wanderer 1968

★ NR
Mountain 1967

★ NR
The Phantom Queen 1967

★ 5
Six Daughters 1967

★ 5
The Monkey Goes West 1966

★ 6
The Woman Coming in Fall 1965

★ NR
The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law 1965

Jum-soon

★ 6
The Story of Bae Local Offcial 1965

★ NR
The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine 1965

Queen Min

★ NR
Deaf Sam Yong 1964

★ 6.5
When Night Falls at Myeongdong 1964

★ NR
The Last Woman of Shang 1964

★ 6.5
Red Scarf 1964

Ji-seon

★ 6
Rice 1963

★ NR
The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude 1963

Ok-gyeong

★ NR
A Reluctant Prince 1963

★ NR
Love Affair 1963

★ NR
Heartlessness 1962

★ NR
Bound by Chastity Rule 1962

★ 7.2
Revenge 1962

★ NR
The Story of Sim Cheong 1962

★ NR
A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng 1962

Ipbun

★ 4
Tyrant Yeonsan 1962

Queen Shin

★ 6
Prince Yeonsan 1961

★ 8.2
Under the Sky in Seoul 1961

Kim Hyeon-ok

★ 6.8
The Evergreen 1961

Chae Yeong-shin

★ 7
Mother and a Guest 1961

Mother

★ 6.9
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber 1961

Yeon-hwa

★ NR
Seong Chun-hyang 1961

Seong Chun-hyang

★ 7.3
A Returned Man 1960

Gyeong-hui

★ NR
Madam White Snake 1960

Madam White Snake

★ 7.2
The Moral of Youth 1960

★ NR
To the Last Day 1960

Hye-kyung

★ 6.3
Romance Papa 1960

Eum-jeon

★ 5.2
A Sad Pastorale 1960

Han Do-sook

★ NR
A Sister's Garden 1959

Jeong-hui

★ 4
Dongsimcho 1959

Lee Sook-hee

★ 4
Chun Hui 1959

Chun-hui

★ NR
It's Not Her Sin 1959

Young-sook

★ 6
A Country Girl 1958

Kim Ok-gyeong

★ NR
The Love Marriage 1958

Suk-hee

★ 7
A College Woman's Confession 1958

So-yeong

★ 6.5
The Flower in Hell 1958

Sonia

★ 6.4
The Money 1958

Ok-gyeong

★ 6.3
The Shadowless Pagoda 1957

Guseulagi

★ 5
The Youth 1955

Lee In-hwa

★ 5
Dream 1955

Dal-lye

★ 6
A Hometown in Heart 1949

Widow

★ 7.4
The Sun of Night 1948

★ NR
A New Oath 1947

★ NR

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