Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
November 20, 1926
Died
April 16, 2018 (age 91)
Place of Birth
Gwangju, South Korea
Also Known As
최은희
Choe Eun-hui
Choi Eun-hie
崔銀姬
최경순
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.
The Kidnapped Filmmakers of North Korea
VideoKnown For
Film
To the Last Day
Hye-kyung
1960
Film
The Story of Sim Cheong
1962
Film
Red Scarf
Ji-seon
1964
Film
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
Yeon-hwa
1961
Film
Bound by Chastity Rule
1962
Film
A Country Girl
Kim Ok-gyeong
1958
Film
The Youth
Lee In-hwa
1955
Film
A Reluctant Prince
1963
Film
The Monkey Goes West
1966
Film
When Night Falls at Myeongdong
1964
Film
I'll Be Seeing Her
Herself
2002
Film
Runaway
Song Ryul's wife
1984
Film
Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
Herself
2024
Film
The Flower in Hell
Sonia
1958
Film
Mounted Bandits
1967
Film
The Money
Ok-gyeong
1958
Film
The Phantom Queen
1967
Film
Romance Papa
Eum-jeon
1960
Film
The Homeless Wanderer
1968
Film
I Love Mama
1975
Filmography
2024FilmCinema in the Land of Comrade Kimas Herself2016FilmThe Lovers and the Despotas Self - Actress / Various Roles2002FilmKeeping the Vision Aliveas Herself2002FilmI'll Be Seeing Heras Herself1985FilmSaltas Mother1985FilmLove, Love, My Loveas Chunhyang's mother1985FilmThe Tale of Shim Cheongas Shim Cheong's mother1984FilmRunawayas Song Ryul's wife1975FilmI Love Mama1969FilmWomen of Yi-Dynasty1968FilmWoman1968FilmThe Land of Korea1968FilmThe Homeless Wanderer1967FilmMountain1967FilmMounted Bandits1967FilmThe Phantom Queen1967FilmSix Daughters1966FilmThe Monkey Goes West1965FilmThe Woman Coming in Fall1965FilmThe Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-lawas Jum-soon1965FilmThe Story of Bae Local Offcial1965FilmThe Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroineas Queen Min1964FilmDeaf Sam Yong1964FilmWhen Night Falls at Myeongdong1964FilmThe Last Woman of Shang1964FilmRed Scarfas Ji-seon1963FilmRice1963FilmThe Cloud Bridge of Gratitudeas Ok-gyeong1963FilmA Reluctant Prince1963FilmLove Affair1962FilmHeartlessness1962FilmBound by Chastity Rule1962FilmRevenge1962FilmThe Story of Sim Cheong1962FilmA Happy Day of Jinsa Maengas Ipbun1962FilmTyrant Yeonsanas Queen Shin1961FilmPrince Yeonsan1961FilmUnder the Sky in Seoulas Kim Hyeon-ok1961FilmThe Evergreenas Chae Yeong-shin1961FilmMother and a Guestas Mother1961FilmIljimae the Chivalrous Robberas Yeon-hwa1961FilmSeong Chun-hyangas Seong Chun-hyang1960FilmA Returned Manas Gyeong-hui1960FilmMadam White Snakeas Madam White Snake1960FilmThe Moral of Youth1960FilmTo the Last Dayas Hye-kyung1960FilmRomance Papaas Eum-jeon1960FilmA Sad Pastoraleas Han Do-sook1959FilmA Sister's Gardenas Jeong-hui1959FilmDongsimchoas Lee Sook-hee1959FilmChun Huias Chun-hui1959FilmIt's Not Her Sinas Young-sook1958FilmA Country Girlas Kim Ok-gyeong1958FilmThe Love Marriageas Suk-hee1958FilmA College Woman's Confessionas So-yeong1958FilmThe Flower in Hellas Sonia1958FilmThe Moneyas Ok-gyeong1957FilmThe Shadowless Pagodaas Guseulagi1955FilmThe Youthas Lee In-hwa1955FilmDreamas Dal-lye1949FilmA Hometown in Heartas Widow1948FilmThe Sun of Night1947FilmA New Oath