Eun Hee Choi

Choi Eun Hee

  • Name: Choi Eun Hee
  • Native name: 최은희
  • Also Known as: Choi Eun Hie, Choi Eun Hui
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: November 20, 1926
  • Died: April 16, 2018
She began her film career in 1947 in the film A New Oath. For the next 20 years, she was one of the biggest stars in Korean film and led the Shin Film company along with her husband, the director Shin Sang Ok.
In 1978, Choi and Shin, whom she had recently divorced due to Shin having committed adultery, were kidnapped to North Korea by order of Kim Jong Il. Kim's plan was to have Shin work as his propagandist and for Choi to be the star. Shortly after agreeing to the demands of Kim, they were remarried at his recommendation. The couple finally staged their escape in 1986 while on a trip to Vienna, fleeing to the United States embassy and requesting political asylum. Choi appeared in eighty-one films. She received the award for best actress at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival in 1985, for her part in the film Sogum.
With Shin, she wrote an account of their years in Pyongyang. Shin also wrote his autobiography shortly before his death.
In 2015, an English-language biography of her life, along with Shin Sang Ok, was published by Paul Fischer titled A Kim Jong Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker. Edit Biography
Director
Year Title Type Rating
1973 An Unmarried Teacher
Movie
0.0
1967 One Sided Love Princess
Movie
0.0
1965 The Girl Raised As A Future Daughter-In-Law
Movie
7.9
Screenwriter & Director
Year Title Type Rating
1990 Mayumi
Movie
0.0
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
1975 Red Shoes
Korean Movie, 1975,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1975 I Love Mama
Korean Movie, 1975,
Miss Lee (Main Role)
Miss Lee
Main Role
0.0
1974 Han River
Korean Movie, 1974,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1972 Shim Cheong
Korean Movie, 1972,
Yong Wang (Main Role)
Yong Wang
Main Role
0.0
1969 Private Kim
Korean Movie, 1969,
Soon Ee [Widow, Yong Ee's Mother] (Main Role)
Soon Ee [Widow, Yong Ee's Mother]
Main Role
10.0
1969 Even If I Die Tomorrow
Korean Movie, 1969,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1969 Mulmangcho
Korean Movie, 1969,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1969 The Tragic History of Joseon Women
Korean Movie, 1969,
Mrs. Han (Main Role)
Mrs. Han
Main Role
8.0
1968 Woman
Korean Movie, 1968,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1968 The Land of Korea
Korean Movie, 1968,
(Support Role)
Support Role
0.0
1968 Wanderer
Korean Movie, 1968,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1968 The Life of a Woman
Korean Movie, 1968,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1968 The Homeless Wanderer
Korean Movie, 1968,
Ah Young (Main Role)
Ah Young
Main Role
0.0
1968 A Pastoral Song
Korean Movie, 1968,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1967 The Mountain
Korean Movie, 1967,
Yoon Jung Ok (Main Role)
Yoon Jung Ok
Main Role
0.0
1967 Mounted Bandits
Korean Movie, 1967,
(Main Role)
Main Role
7.5
1967 Tender Heart
Korean Movie, 1967,
Queen Noguk (Main Role)
Main Role
7.0
1967 Four Sisters
Korean Movie, 1967,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1967 The Queen Moon Jung
Korean Movie, 1967,
Queen Moon Jung (Main Role)
Queen Moon Jung
Main Role
0.0
1965 The Girl Raised As A Future Daughter-In-Law
Korean Movie, 1965,
Jeom Soon (Main Role)
Jeom Soon
Main Role
7.9
1965 The Story of Local Bae
Korean Movie, 1965,
Aeran (Main Role)
Main Role
10.0
1965 Behold this Woman
Korean Movie, 1965,
(Guest Role)
Guest Role
0.0
1965 The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
Korean Movie, 1965,
Queen Min (Main Role)
Queen Min
Main Role
0.0
1964 Madam Gyedong
Korean Movie, 1964,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1964 Deaf Sam Ryong
Korean Movie, 1964,
Soon Deok (Main Role)
Main Role
6.3
1964 When Night Falls at Myeongdong
Korean Movie, 1964,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1964 The Last Woman Of Shang
Hong Kong Movie, 1964,
(Unknown)
Unknown
0.0
1964 Red Scarf
Korean Movie, 1964,
Ji Seon (Main Role)
Ji Seon
Main Role
8.5
1964 The Blues with the Black Scar
Korean Movie, 1964,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1963 The Torchlight
Korean Movie, 1963,
San Hong (Main Role)
San Hong
Main Role
0.0
1963 Rice
Korean Movie, 1963,
Song Jeong Hui (Main Role)
Song Jeong Hui
Main Role
0.0
1963 Cheol Jong and Bok Nyeo
Korean Movie, 1963,
Bok Nyeo (Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1963 A Reluctant Prince
Korean Movie, 1963,
Bok Nyeo (Main Role)
Bok Nyeo
Main Role
6.9
1963 Romance Gray
Korean Movie, 1963,
(Main Role)
Main Role
5.0
1962 Bound by Chastity Rule
Korean Movie, 1962,
Lady Han [Kim Jin's Daughter in Law] (Main Role)
Lady Han [Kim Jin's Daughter in Law]
Main Role
8.0
1962 And Love as You Want
Korean Movie, 1962,
Park Moon Ok (Main Role)
Park Moon Ok
Main Role
0.0
1962 Swordsman and Love
Korean Movie, 1962,
Nan Yi (Main Role)
Nan Yi
Main Role
0.0
1962 A Wife from a Mountain Village
Korean Movie, 1962,
Oh In Soon (Main Role)
Oh In Soon
Main Role
0.0
1962 A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng
Korean Movie, 1962,
Ip Bun (Main Role)
Main Role
7.9
1962 Tyrant Yeonsan
Korean Movie, 1962,
Shin Bi (Main Role)
Shin Bi
Main Role
7.5
1962 Revenge
Korean Movie, 1962,
[Namjang beauty] (Support Role)
[Namjang beauty]
Support Role
0.0
1962 The Strait of Love and Death
Korean Movie, 1962,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1961 Under the Sky of Seoul
Korean Movie, 1961,
Kim Hyeon Ok (Main Role)
Main Role
8.0
1961 Mother and a Guest
Korean Movie, 1961,
[Mother] / [Widow] (Main Role)
[Mother] / [Widow]
Main Role
7.6
1961 Evergreen Tree
Korean Movie, 1961,
Yeong Shin (Main Role)
Yeong Shin
Main Role
0.0
1961 Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
Korean Movie, 1961,
Yeonhwa (Main Role)
Main Role
8.2
1961 Seong Chun Hyang
Korean Movie, 1961,
Seong Chun Hyang (Main Role)
Seong Chun Hyang
Main Role
7.2
1961 Prince Yeonsan
Korean Movie, 1961,
Shin Bi (Support Role)
Shin Bi
Support Role
6.9
1961 A Gang of Robbers
Korean Movie, 1961,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1960 Return of a Man
Korean Movie, 1960,
Gyeong Hui (Main Role)
Gyeong Hui
Main Role
0.0
1960 Madam White Snake
Korean Movie, 1960,
Madam White Snake (Main Role)
Main Role
6.9
1960 To the Last Day
Korean Movie, 1960,
Hye Gyeong (Main Role)
Hye Gyeong
Main Role
7.5
1960 A Love History
Korean Movie, 1960,
Yoon Eun Seon (Main Role)
Yoon Eun Seon
Main Role
0.0
1960 Romantic Papa
Korean Movie, 1960,
Eum Jeon (Main Role)
Main Role
6.6
1959 Independence Association and Young Lee Seung Man
Korean Movie, 1959,
[Pyeongsan's older sister] (Support Role)
[Pyeongsan's older sister]
Support Role
0.0
1959 Sister's Garden
Korean Movie, 1959,
Jeong Hui (Main Role)
Main Role
6.7
1959 Dongsimcho
Korean Movie, 1959,
Lee Sook Hee (Main Role)
Lee Sook Hee
Main Role
0.0
1959 Choon Hee
Korean Movie, 1959,
Chun Hui (Main Role)
Chun Hui
Main Role
0.0
1959 It's Not Her Sin
Korean Movie, 1959,
Yeong Suk (Main Role)
Yeong Suk
Main Role
8.0
1959 Three Women
Korean Movie, 1959,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1959 Sorrow of Twilight
Korean Movie, 1959,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1959 Poor Lovers
Korean Movie, 1959,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1958 A Country Girl
Korean Movie, 1958,
Kim Ok Gyeong (Main Role)
Kim Ok Gyeong
Main Role
0.0
1958 The Love Marriage
Korean Movie, 1958,
Suk Hee (Main Role)
Suk Hee
Main Role
0.0
1958 Confessions of a College Student
Korean Movie, 1958,
So Yeong (Main Role)
So Yeong
Main Role
5.0
1958 The Brother
Korean Movie, 1958,
Suk Young (Support Role)
Suk Young
Support Role
0.0
1958 A Flower in Hell
Korean Movie, 1958,
So Nya (Main Role)
Main Role
6.6
1958 The Money
Korean Movie, 1958,
Ok Gyeong (Main Role)
Main Role
6.0
1957 Farewell Sorrow!
Korean Movie, 1957,
Kim Bun Yi (Main Role)
Kim Bun Yi
Main Role
0.0
1957 Pagoda of No Shadows
Korean Movie, 1957,
Ah Gee Guseul (Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1955 The Youth
Korean Movie, 1955,
Lee In Hwa (Main Role)
Main Role
4.0
1955 Dream
Korean Movie, 1955,
Dal Lye (Main Role)
Main Role
7.8
1954 Korea
Korean Movie, 1954,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1949 A Hometown in Heart
Korean Movie, 1949,
Eun Hee [Widow] (Main Role)
Eun Hee [Widow]
Main Role
7.1
1948 The Sun of Night
Korean Movie, 1948,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1947 A New Oath
Korean Movie, 1947,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
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  • First Name: Eun Hee
  • Family Name: Choi
  • Native name: 최은희
  • Also Known as: Choi Eun Hie, Choi Eun Hui
  • Nationality: South Korean
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: November 20, 1926
  • Died: April 16, 2018

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