Choi Eun-hee

Acting

Choi Eun-hee

Born November 20, 1926 · Gwangju, South Korea

Died April 16, 2018 · aged 91

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…

Known For

To the Last DayTo the Last Day · 1960
To the Last Day
6.51960
MovieDrama
Captain Kim is grievously wounded in the first days of the war. When the northern troops continue their advance, his wife and small daughters flee south to Taegu, dragging him along in a two-wheel handcart. His wife struggles to keep herself and their surviving daughter alive. Working as a market trader, she meets a kind young man -- who happens to be tall, dark and handsome.
A Reluctant PrinceA Reluctant Prince · 1963
A Reluctant Prince
9.01963
MovieDramaHistory
When King Heon-kong falls ill, a power struggle erupts over who will inherit the throne. Tired of all the infighting, the ministers arrange for a branch of the king's family, which had lost all its wealth and was living on remote Ganghwa Island, to inherit. But the heir to the throne is reluctant to leave his island home.
Bound by Chastity RuleBound by Chastity Rule · 1962
Bound by Chastity Rule
7.11962
MovieDrama
The widow of a nobleman bears a son after having an affair with her servant. The servant and the baby are driven from the home by the woman's irate in-laws when the truth is discovered. Even after the child is grown, no contact is allowed between he and his mother who now denies the events of her past.
Red ScarfRed Scarf · 1964
Red Scarf
7.51964
MovieActionWar
South Korean Air Force pilots engage in perilous missions against Communist North Koreans during the Korean War.
The Story of Sim CheongThe Story of Sim Cheong · 1962
The Story of Sim Cheong
8.01962
MovieFantasyHistory
Based on the traditional story of a girl who makes her blind father see by donating 300 bags of rice to Bongwon Temple.
Iljimae the Chivalrous RobberIljimae the Chivalrous Robber · 1961
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
7.01961
MovieHistoryDrama
Iljimae's parents were killed due to a conspiracy when he was young. Many years later he became a chivalrous robber, robbing corrupt officials and helping the poor. He eventually manages in taking revenge for his parents' deaths. But the police start to chase him, and he hides himself at a gisaeng's house. The gisaeng was his ex-fiancee. She also lost her parents to a conspiracy. She begs Iljimae to stay with her, but he leaves to do what he has to.
A Country GirlA Country Girl · 1958
A Country Girl
1958
MovieDrama
Jang Gyeong Ho visits fellow student Kim Dong Hwan's hometown, and falls in love with his sister, Kim Ok Gyeong. Despite Dong Hwan's objections, Ok Gyeong follows Gyeong Ho to Seoul. With his help she finds a job at Dong Il where she works as a secretary for the president, Mr. Oh.
The YouthThe Youth · 1955
The Youth
6.71955
MovieDramaHistory
In the latter years of the Korean Empire, Lee In Hwa, disguises herself as a man so she can join a group of young men determined to overthrow the colonial government. They fight together with young national activists presided by Hwal Min and supported by Daewon-gun, the Prince Regent, against Min Gyeom Ho and his peers. But Min and his team perform a surprise attack on Hwal Min and his peers.

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The Country I SawThe Country I Saw · 1987
The Country I Saw
5.21987
MovieDrama
While serving as a journalist in World War 2 for the Imperial Army of Japan, "Takahashi Minoru" (Pak Ki Ju) sees first-hand the impact on Koreans who have had their national identity forcibly taken from them by the Japanese occupation of their country. It's at this time that he adopts a mantra of viewing an incident before writing a newspaper editorial on it. Several years later he once again visits Korea as a war correspondent during the Korean War and takes home with him several more memories that have a great effect upon him as well. Years later he becomes a respected writer and while giving a speech on the Juche system has his perspective challenged by a young man in the auditorium. Having never seen North Korea he realizes that in order to meet his own high standard of journalism he must travel there and see for himself whether his opinion is valid or not.

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