Choi Eun-hee

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.

Known For

Runaway 1984 ★ 6.0
The Homeless Wanderer 1968 ★ 7.0
Mounted Bandits 1967 ★ 9.0
The Monkey Goes West 1966 ★ 8.0
The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine 1965
When Night Falls at Myeongdong 1964 ★ 7.0
Red Scarf 1964 ★ 7.5
The Last Woman of Shang 1964 ★ 7.0
A Reluctant Prince 1963 ★ 9.0
Bound by Chastity Rule 1962 ★ 7.1
The Story of Sim Cheong 1962 ★ 8.0
A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng 1962 ★ 5.7
Tyrant Yeonsan 1962 ★ 6.0
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber 1961 ★ 7.0
Prince Yeonsan 1961 ★ 8.6
The Evergreen 1961 ★ 7.4
Seong Chun-hyang 1961 ★ 7.7
Mother and a Guest 1961 ★ 6.9
To the Last Day 1960 ★ 6.5
Romance Papa 1960 ★ 5.8
A Sad Pastorale 1960
A Country Girl 1958
The Flower in Hell 1958 ★ 6.2
The Youth 1955 ★ 6.7