Choi Eun-hee
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.65 |
| Birthday | 1926-11-20 |
| Place of Birth | Gwangju, South Korea |
| Also Known As | 최은희, Choe Eun-hui, Choi Eun-hie, 崔銀姬, 최경순, Choi Kyeong-soon, Чхве Ын-хи, Ын-хи Чхве, Choi Eun-hee, Eunhee Choi, Choi Eunhee, Choi Eun Hee, Choe Eun Hui, Choe Eunhui, |
1961
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
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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 hel...
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Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
1985
Love, Love, My Love
0/0
The plot is based on the Korean folk tale, The Tale of Chunhyang. Chunhyang falls in love with the upper-class Ri Mong-ryong, but they must marry in s...
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Love, Love, My Love
1967
Six Daughters
5/2
An old couple who has a son and six daughters launch a journey to visit them around the nation as the seven children live throughout the country. Duri...
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Six Daughters
1985
The Tale of Shim Cheong
0/0
Musical film based on the traditional story of the same name.
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The Tale of Shim Cheong
1958
A Country Girl
0/0
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 Gy...
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A Country Girl
1959
Chun Hui
0/0
A young man is in love with a waitress, but his father opposes their relationship. The father approaches the waitress telling her that if she truly lo...
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Chun Hui
1961
Evergreen Tree
7/4
Yeong-shin and Dong-hyuk graduate from college with a cause. They plan to bring education and modernization to farmers living in the rural area of the...
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Evergreen Tree
1948
The Sun of Night
0/0
A policy film aimed at eradicating smuggling, in which Detective Min-wan takes down a large-scale smuggling ring operating secretly using a cabaret as...
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The Sun of Night
1960
A Sad Pastorale
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A Sad Pastorale
1961
Prince Yeonsan
8.2/4
A historical drama about Prince Yeon-san of Joseon as a prince trying to restore the status of his mother, the deposed and executed Queen Yun.
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Prince Yeonsan
1966
The Monkey Goes West
6/1
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The Monkey Goes West
1967
Mountain
0/0
A man dedicated to exploring a mining region in the foothills of Mountain Taebaek goes to Seoul to secure investment. On train for Seoul he meets an o...
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Mountain
1955
Dream
6/1
A young Buddhist monk, Jo Sin, is attracted to Tae-su's daughter, Dal-lye. He hopes to marry her, but she becomes Mo-rye Hwa-rang's wife. One day she...
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Dream
1947
A New Oath
0/0
Three men who have been taken to the compulsory labour under the Japanese colonialism turn back to their hometown, a fishing village. They break the i...
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A New Oath
1965
The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
0/0
Queen Min makes regent Prince Daewon withdraw from ruling with the help of the Min Seung-ho Party.
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The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
1962
Revenge
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Revenge
1965
The Story of Bae Local Offcial
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1960
The Moral of Youth
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The Moral of Youth
1965
The Woman Coming in Fall
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The Woman Coming in Fall
1962
Heartlessness
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Heartlessness
1964
Red Scarf
6/1
South Korean Air Force pilots engage in perilous missions against Communist North Koreans during the Korean War.
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Red Scarf
1958
The Flower in Hell
6.4/14
In post-Korean War Seoul, a young man from the countryside discovers that his older brother has become romantically involved in a prostitute and has n...
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The Flower in Hell
1958
A College Woman's Confession
6.5/2
Choi So-young (Choi Eun-hee), a poor female law student is in trouble because her grandmother, who had been sending her tuition money, passes away. Wi...
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A College Woman's Confession
1959
It's Not Her Sin
6/1
After the woman who nearly killed her is brought to trial, Eun-hie finds that she must take the stand to give evidence. However, the defense attempts...
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It's Not Her Sin
1960
Romance Papa
5.2/4
A middle-aged man is laid off from work but is too proud to tell his family. His children, however, learn of the situation and take jobs of their own...
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Romance Papa
1958
The Love Marriage
7/4
A medical doctor, Ko, has three daughters. The first daughter, Suk-hee, confesses her past when her husband asks her to forgive his past, on the first...
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The Love Marriage
1963
Love Affair
0/0
When two wives realize that their wealthy and otherwise upstanding husbands have mistresses, they invite the 'other women' to stay in their houses for...
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Love Affair
1964
When Night Falls at Myeongdong
0/0
A beautiful nightclub owner finds herself desired by many men, but she is saving herself for the one man she cannot have .
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When Night Falls at Myeongdong
1962
Bound by Chastity Rule
7.2/6
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...
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Bound by Chastity Rule
1962
Tyrant Yeonsan
6/3
Prince Yeonsan-gun turns into a tyrant out of grief for his mother's death. He orders beheadings of all the officials who displease him or who advised...
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Tyrant Yeonsan
1961
Under the Sky in Seoul
6.8/5
An oriental doctor Kim Hak-gyu is a cantankerous man who is the longest-term householder in a small village in Seoul. He often causes domestic trouble...
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Under the Sky in Seoul
1969
Women of Yi-Dynasty
0/0
Four short stories examing the lives of women in the last 18th and 19th century Story 1: 'Wives Should Be Submissive'--A father tries to marry his dau...
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Women of Yi-Dynasty
1961
Mother and a Guest
6.9/9
Six-year-old Ok Hee is glad when Mr. Han comes to board at her house full of women. She plays messenger for Mr. Han and her widowed mother as they qui...
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Mother and a Guest
1961
Seong Chun-hyang
7.3/6
Chun-hyang, the only daughter of an old gisaeng named Wolmae, falls in love with Lee Mong-nyong and promises to marry him. But Lee leaves for Seoul wi...
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Seong Chun-hyang
1960
Madam White Snake
7.2/3
A thousand-year-old snake that has transformed itself into a human, Madame White Snake (Choe Eun-hui), falls in love with a young pharmacist named Heo...
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Madam White Snake
1959
A Sister's Garden
4/1
Dr. Nam, in his will, requests that his eldest daughter, Jeong-hui(Choe Eun-hui), marry a painter named Dong-su (Nam Gung-won). Jeong-hui is at risk o...
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A Sister's Garden
2016
The Lovers and the Despot
6.9/29
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.
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The Lovers and the Despot
1959
Dongsimcho
4/1
Lee Suk-hui (Choe Eun-hui) lost her husband to the Korean War eight years ago. She runs a dressmaking shop that has fallen into debt. When Kim Sang-gy...
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Dongsimcho
1962
The Story of Sim Cheong
0/0
Based on the traditional story of a girl who makes her blind father see by donating 300 bags of rice to Bongwon Temple.
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The Story of Sim Cheong
1968
The Homeless Wanderer
0/0
A Manchurian Action movie modeled on George Stevens' "Shane."
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The Homeless Wanderer
1968
Woman
0/0
A man meets a woman on his hiking trip to Mountain Seorak, but she suffers from incurable diseases. He becomes infatuated with her hair. When he tells...
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Woman
1963
A Reluctant Prince
0/0
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 bran...
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A Reluctant Prince
1964
The Last Woman of Shang
6.5/2
Admist a rebellion during the Shang Dynasty in ancient China, a nurse flees the palace with a young prince. As an adult, he convinces the daughter of...
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The Last Woman of Shang
1964
Deaf Sam Yong
6.5/4
Deaf Sam-yong is a 1964 South Korean film directed and produced by Shin Sang-ok. It is based on the 1925 short story of the same title by Na Do-hyang...
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Deaf Sam Yong
1967
The Phantom Queen
5/1
King Kong-min tried to govern the country wisely but, after the death of his wife, he neglects hs state duties. Most of the important decisions to be...
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The Phantom Queen
1962
A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng
4/2
Jinsa Maeng's daughter is contracted to marry a nobleman's son, however, Jinsa Maeng is upset when he hears about a rumor that the fiance of his daugh...
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A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng
1960
A Returned Man
0/0
Park Nam-ho works at a Japanese pharmaceutical company and lives happily with his wife, Gyeong-hui, in a house filled with beautiful white roses. Not...
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A Returned Man
1985
Salt
0/0
Salt (Sogum, 1985): A story set in Gando in the 1930s. In the film, Choi Eun-hee plays Song-ryul's wife. The family hides a wealthy Korean-Chinese mer...
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Salt
1949
A Hometown in Heart
7.4/9
An orphan left in the care of a Buddhist temple becomes attached to a young widow who arrives there to mourn her recently deceased son.
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A Hometown in Heart
1963
Rice
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The poor farmers of Muju in Cheonbuk Province cannot get enough water to irrigate their rice. They attempt many times to build a canal to the Geum Riv...
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Rice
1965
The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law
6/1
Choi Eun-hee’s directorial debut The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-In-Law is the story of ups and downs of a future daughter-in-law who, due to pov...
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The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law
2002
Keeping the Vision Alive
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Keeping the Vision Alive is a documentary film containing the voices and images of Korean women filmmakers-both senior filmmakers and also the peers o...
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Keeping the Vision Alive
1957
The Shadowless Pagoda
5/2
On the eighth of April of King Gyoeng-deok's 10th year of the reign of the Unified Silla Period, Guseulagi, a daughter of Yu Jong, joins the king's pa...
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The Shadowless Pagoda
2002
I'll Be Seeing Her
0/0
"I'll Be Seeing HER" is an approach to images of women in Korean cinema with a new genre, ‘Fanta Docu’, which shows beautiful and adventurous Korean a...
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I'll Be Seeing Her
1955
The Youth
5/2
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 colo...
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The Youth
1984
Runaway
6/1
Song Ryul returns to the countryside to see his ill father. After his cousin conspires with the Japanese occupiers to sell their crop, Song Ryul is fo...
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Runaway
1958
The Money
6.3/7
The Money is about a poor farmer whose bid for a better life ends up bringing calamity to his family. At the urging of loan shark Eok Jo (Choi Nam Hyu...
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The Money
1960
To the Last Day
6.3/3
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 sou...
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