Choi Eun-hee
Born
20 November 1926 (99)
Place of Birth
Gwangju, South Korea
Also known as
Choe Eun-hui, Choi Eun-hie
Biography
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.
Filmography (40)
Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
2024
The Lovers and the Despot
2016
Keeping the Vision Alive
2002
I'll Be Seeing Her
2002
The Country I Saw
1987
The Country I Saw, Part 2
1987
🎬 Director
The Country I Saw, Part 3
1987
🎬 Director
Salt
1985
Love, Love, My Love
1985
The Tale of Shim Cheong
1985
Runaway
1984
An Emissary of No Return
1984
🎬 DirectorI Love Mama
1975
An Unmarried Teacher
1973
🎬 Director
Women of Yi-Dynasty
1969
Woman
1968
The Land of Korea
1968
The Homeless Wanderer
1968
Mountain
1967
Mounted Bandits
1967
One-sided Love of Princess
1967
🎬 Director
The Phantom Queen
1967
Six Daughters
1967
The Monkey Goes West
1966
The Woman Coming in Fall
1965
The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law
1965
The Story of Bae Local Offcial
1965
The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
1965
Deaf Sam Yong
1964
When Night Falls at Myeongdong
1964
The Last Woman of Shang
1964
Red Scarf
1964
Rice
1963
The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude
1963
A Reluctant Prince
1963
Love Affair
1963
Heartlessness
1962
Bound by Chastity Rule
1962
Revenge
1962
The Story of Sim Cheong
1962