Choi Eun-hee

actress • assistant_director • producer

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 soug...

Born: November 20, 1926 in Gwangju, South Korea

Died: April 16, 2018 (age 91)

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Known For

7.0

The Lovers and the Despot

Movies & TV Credits

66 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim Movie	—	Actress	Herself	2024
The Lovers and the Despot Movie	6.8	Actress	Self - Actress / Various Roles	2016
I'll Be Seeing Her Movie	—	Actress	Herself	2002
Keeping the Vision Alive Movie	—	Actress	Herself	2002
The Country I Saw Movie	5.5	Directing	Director	1987
The Country I Saw, Part 2 Movie	—	Directing	Director	1987
The Country I Saw, Part 3 Movie	—	Directing	Director	1987
A Traffic Controller on Crossroads Movie	5.2	Production	Producer	1986
Salt Movie	7.3	Actress	mother	1985
Love, Love, My Love Movie	7.2	Actress	Chunhyang's mother	1985
The Tale of Shim Cheong Movie	—	Actress	Shim Cheong's mother	1985
The Tale of Shim Cheong Movie	—	Production	Co-Producer	1985
Runaway Movie	—	Actress	Song Ryul's wife	1984
An Emissary of No Return Movie	8.3	Directing	Director	1984
Women of Yi-Dynasty Movie	6.0	Actress	—	1969
Woman Movie	—	Actress	—	1968
The Homeless Wanderer Movie	—	Actress	—	1968
The Land of Korea Movie	—	Actress	—	1968
The Phantom Queen Movie	—	Actress	—	1967
Six Daughters Movie	5.2	Actress	—	1967
Mountain Movie	—	Actress	—	1967
The Monkey Goes West Movie	6.3	Actress	—	1966
The Story of Bae Local Offcial Movie	—	Actress	—	1965
The Woman Coming in Fall Movie	—	Actress	—	1965
The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law Movie	—	Actress	Jum-soon	1965
The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine Movie	—	Actress	Queen Min	1965
The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law Movie	—	Directing	Director	1965
When Night Falls at Myeongdong Movie	—	Actress	—	1964
Red Scarf Movie	7.6	Actress	Ji-seon	1964
The Last Woman of Shang Movie	7.2	Actress	—	1964
Deaf Sam Yong Movie	6.8	Actress	—	1964
Love Affair Movie	6.6	Actress	—	1963
A Reluctant Prince Movie	5.8	Actress	—	1963
Rice Movie	6.0	Actress	—	1963
The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude Movie	—	Actress	Ok-gyeong	1963
Tyrant Yeonsan Movie	5.6	Actress	Queen Shin	1962
Bound by Chastity Rule Movie	7.2	Actress	—	1962
The Story of Sim Cheong Movie	—	Actress	—	1962
A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng Movie	5.0	Actress	Ipbun	1962
Revenge Movie	—	Actress	—	1962
Heartlessness Movie	—	Actress	—	1962
Mother and a Guest Movie	6.7	Actress	Mother	1961
Prince Yeonsan Movie	7.4	Actress	—	1961
Under the Sky in Seoul Movie	7.1	Actress	Kim Hyeon-ok	1961
Seong Chun-hyang Movie	6.3	Actress	Seong Chun-hyang	1961
Evergreen Tree Movie	7.7	Actress	Chae Yeong-shin	1961
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber Movie	4.4	Actress	Yeon-hwa	1961
Madam White Snake Movie	6.5	Actress	Madam White Snake	1960
Romance Papa Movie	6.2	Actress	Eum-jeon	1960
To the Last Day Movie	6.7	Actress	Hye-kyung	1960
A Sad Pastorale Movie	—	Actress	Han Do-sook	1960
A Returned Man Movie	—	Actress	Gyeong-hui	1960
Dongsimcho Movie	6.5	Actress	Lee Sook-hee	1959
A Sister's Garden Movie	6.4	Actress	Jeong-hui	1959
It's Not Her Sin Movie	7.0	Actress	Young-sook	1959
Chun Hui Movie	—	Actress	Chun-hui	1959
The Flower in Hell Movie	6.3	Actress	Sonia	1958
A College Woman's Confession Movie	6.9	Actress	So-yeong	1958
The Love Marriage Movie	6.1	Actress	Suk-hee	1958
The Money Movie	6.4	Actress	Ok-gyeong	1958
The Shadowless Pagoda Movie	6.3	Actress	Guseulagi	1957
The Youth Movie	4.6	Actress	Lee In-hwa	1955
Dream Movie	5.5	Actress	Dal-lye	1955
A Hometown in Heart Movie	7.0	Actress	Widow	1949
The Sun of Night Movie	—	Actress	—	1948
A New Oath Movie	—	Actress	—	1947

Choi Eun-hee

Known For

A Hometown in Heart

The Flower in Hell

Mother and a Guest

The Lovers and the Despot

Movies & TV Credits