The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women
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Shin Sang-ok (Korean: 신상옥; 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".
Shin Sang-ok. Producer: My Mother and Her Guest. Shin alleged that he and his wife were kidnapped from their native South Korea in the late 1970s and held for several years in North Korea to make movies for Kim Jong Il, son of the N. Korean leader.
- January 1, 1
- Chongjin, Korea
- January 1, 1
- Seoul, South Korea
The movie-like life of film director and producer Shin Sang-ok, who led the Golden Age of Korean cinema in the 1960s, revolutionized the North Korean film industry after being abducted to the...
Apr 12, 2006 · SEOUL — Shin Sang Ok, 80, a South Korean movie director who was abducted with his actress wife to North Korea and made films for Kim Jong Il before escaping to tell the world of the...
Shin Sang-ok ( Korean: 신상옥; 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".
Shin Sang-ok. Producer: My Mother and Her Guest. Shin alleged that he and his wife were kidnapped from their native South Korea in the late 1970s and held for several years in North Korea to make movies for Kim Jong Il, son of the N. Korean leader.
Apr 13, 2006 · Shin Sang Ok, a pioneering film director who said that his life was too unbelievable to be a movie plot, what with his introducing the kiss to North and South Korean cinema, being kidnapped...
