Shin Sang-ok

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1926-10-18

Deathday 2006-04-11 (79 years old)

Place of Birth Chongjin, Korea

Also Known As Shin Sang-Ok, 신상옥, Shin Sang-okk, Simon S. Sheen, Simon Sheen, Shen Hsiang Yu, Син Сан Ок, Син Сан-ок, Син Санок, Сан-ок Син

Shin Sang-ok

Biography

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.

Known For

Director

2023
Winter Story

as Director

1995
1994
Vanished

as Director

1990
1987
The Country I Saw

as Director

1987
My Happiness

as Director

1985
Pulgasari

as Director

1985
1985
1985
1985
Salt

as Director

1984
Runaway

as Director

1984
1976
1975
Blood and Rose

as Director

1973
The Ghost Lovers

as Director

1973
1973
Farewell

as Director

1972
Lady of the Court

as Director

1971
1970
The Evening Bell

as Director

1969
1969
1969
The Snake Woman

as Director

1969
1969
The Eunuch 2

as Director

1968
Prince Daewon

as Director

1968
The Eunuch

as Director

1968
1967
Mountain

as Director

1967
Traces

as Director

1967
1967
The Violator

as Director

1967
The Phantom Queen

as Director

1964
Deaf Sam Yong

as Director

1964
Red Scarf

as Director

1963
Rice

as Director

1963
Love Affair

as Director

1963
A Reluctant Prince

as Director

1962
1962
Tyrant Yeonsan

as Director

1961
Mother and a Guest

as Director

1961
Seong Chun-hyang

as Director

1961
Evergreen Tree

as Director

1961
Prince Yeonsan

as Director

1960
Romance Papa

as Director

1960
To the Last Day

as Director

1960
Madam White Snake

as Director

1959
Chun Hui

as Director

1959
It's Not Her Sin

as Director

1959
A Sister's Garden

as Director

1959
Dongsimcho

as Director

1958
The Flower in Hell

as Director

1957
1955
Dream

as Director

1955
The Youth

as Director

Producer

1998
The Gardener

as Producer

1995
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up

as Executive Producer

1994
3 Ninjas Kick Back

as Executive Producer

1985
1972
1972
1972
Finger of Doom

as Producer

1971
1971
Six Assassins

as Producer

1969
The Eunuch 2

as Producer

1968
Desire

as Producer

1968
Past Loves

as Producer

1968
A Male Housekeeper

as Producer

1968
Over the Hill

as Producer

1967
1967
The Violator

as Producer

1965
1964
Deaf Sam Yong

as Producer

1964
1963
A Reluctant Prince

as Producer

1963
Rice

as Producer

1962
1962
Tyrant Yeonsan

as Producer

1962
Revenge

as Producer

1962
Heartlessness

as Producer

1962
1961
Mother and a Guest

as Producer

1961
Evergreen Tree

as Producer

1961
Prince Yeonsan

as Producer

1961
An Upstart

as Producer

1960
Romance Papa

as Producer

1960
To the Last Day

as Producer

1960
A Returned Man

as Producer

1959
A Sister's Garden

as Producer

1958
The Flower in Hell

as Producer

1957
1955
The Youth

as Producer

Writer

1997
Galgameth

as Writer

1994
1984
1975
Blood and Rose

as Screenplay

1969
A Man And a Gisaeng

as Screenplay

1967
Traces

as Screenplay

1961
1959
1957
The Shadowless Pagoda

as Screenplay

1955
Dream

as Adaptation

Editor

1959
1955
Dream

as Editor

Actor

2016
The Lovers and the Despot

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Art

1959
It's Not Her Sin

as Art Direction