Choi Eun-hee
Date of birth: 1926-11-20
Place of birth: Gwangju, South Korea
Known for: Acting
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
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.
Movie Credits
Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber
1961-05-11
Iljimae's parents were killed due to a conspiracy when he was young. Many years later he became a ch
Love, Love, My Love
1985-01-01
The plot is based on the Korean folk tale, The Tale of Chunhyang. Chunhyang falls in love with the u
Six Daughters
1967-02-09
An old couple who has a son and six daughters launch a journey to visit them around the nation as th
The Tale of Shim Cheong
1985-01-01
Musical film based on the traditional story of the same name.
A Country Girl
1958-10-31
Jang Gyeong Ho visits fellow student Kim Dong Hwan's hometown, and falls in love with his sister, Ki
Chun Hui
1959-05-01
A young man is in love with a waitress, but his father opposes their relationship. The father approa
The Evergreen
1961-09-20
Yeong-shin and Dong-hyuk graduate from college with a cause. They plan to bring education and modern
The Sun of Night
1948-07-01
A policy film aimed at eradicating smuggling, in which Detective Min-wan takes down a large-scale sm
A Sad Pastorale
1960-01-01
Prince Yeonsan
1961-12-31
A historical drama about Prince Yeon-san of Joseon as a prince trying to restore the status of his m
The Monkey Goes West
1966-01-18
THE MONKEY GOES WEST is the first entry in the studio’s epic, four-part screen adaptation of “Journe
Mountain
1967-12-20
A man dedicated to exploring a mining region in the foothills of Mountain Taebaek goes to Seoul to s
Dream
1955-01-16
A young Buddhist monk, Jo Sin, is attracted to Tae-su's daughter, Dal-lye. He hopes to marry her, bu
A New Oath
1947-06-28
Three men who have been taken to the compulsory labour under the Japanese colonialism turn back to t
The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine
1965-01-01
Queen Min makes regent Prince Daewon withdraw from ruling with the help of the Min Seung-ho Party.
Revenge
1962-10-24
The Story of Bae Local Offcial
1965-08-14
The Moral of Youth
1960-07-20
The Woman Coming in Fall
1965-09-22
Heartlessness
1962-12-29
Red Scarf
1964-03-26
South Korean Air Force pilots engage in perilous missions against Communist North Koreans during the
The Flower in Hell
1958-04-20
In post-Korean War Seoul, a young man from the countryside discovers that his older brother has beco
Bound by Chastity Rule
1962-12-13
The widow of a nobleman bears a son after having an affair with her servant. The servant and the bab
Seong Chun-hyang
1961-01-28
Chun-hyang, the only daughter of an old gisaeng named Wolmae, falls in love with Lee Mong-nyong and
Madam White Snake
1960-10-02
A thousand-year-old snake that has transformed itself into a human, Madame White Snake (Choe Eun-hui
When Night Falls at Myeongdong
1964-10-15
A beautiful nightclub owner finds herself desired by many men, but she is saving herself for the one
A Sister's Garden
1959-10-01
Dr. Nam, in his will, requests that his eldest daughter, Jeong-hui(Choe Eun-hui), marry a painter na
The Love Marriage
1958-10-14
A medical doctor, Ko, has three daughters. The first daughter, Suk-hee, confesses her past when her
Tyrant Yeonsan
1962-02-05
Prince Yeonsan-gun turns into a tyrant out of grief for his mother's death. He orders beheadings of
It's Not Her Sin
1959-01-14
After the woman who nearly killed her is brought to trial, Eun-hie finds that she must take the stan
A College Woman's Confession
1958-07-12
Choi So-young (Choi Eun-hee), a poor female law student is in trouble because her grandmother, who h
Under the Sky in Seoul
1961-12-15
An oriental doctor Kim Hak-gyu is a cantankerous man who is the longest-term householder in a small
Mother and a Guest
1961-08-26
Six-year-old Ok Hee is glad when Mr. Han comes to board at her house full of women. She plays messen
Romance Papa
1960-01-28
A middle-aged man is laid off from work but is too proud to tell his family. His children, however,
Women of Yi-Dynasty
1969-05-02
Four short stories examing the lives of women in the last 18th and 19th century Story 1: 'Wives Shou
Love Affair
1963-01-25
When two wives realize that their wealthy and otherwise upstanding husbands have mistresses, they in
The Lovers and the Despot
2016-09-22
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following
Dongsimcho
1959-07-09
Lee Suk-hui (Choe Eun-hui) lost her husband to the Korean War eight years ago. She runs a dressmakin
The Story of Sim Cheong
1962-09-13
Based on the traditional story of a girl who makes her blind father see by donating 300 bags of rice
The Homeless Wanderer
1968-06-27
A Manchurian Action movie modeled on George Stevens' "Shane."
Woman
1968-12-23
A man meets a woman on his hiking trip to Mountain Seorak, but she suffers from incurable diseases.
A Reluctant Prince
1963-06-01
When King Heon-kong falls ill, a power struggle erupts over who will inherit the throne. Tired of al
The Last Woman of Shang
1964-09-12
In order to exact revenge upon him, a young woman (Lin Dai) marries the Emperor Chou (Shin Young-kyu
Deaf Sam Yong
1964-11-13
The film is based on the 1925 short story of the same title by Na Do-hyang and revolves around the s
The Phantom Queen
1967-04-28
King Kong-min tried to govern the country wisely but, after the death of his wife, he neglects hs st
A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng
1962-03-08
Jinsa Maeng's daughter is contracted to marry a nobleman's son, however, Jinsa Maeng is upset when h
A Returned Man
1960-10-14
Park Nam-ho works at a Japanese pharmaceutical company and lives happily with his wife, Gyeong-hui,
Salt
1985-07-12
Set in Gando in the 1930s, a family hides a wealthy Chinese-Korean merchant while the father is kill
A Hometown in Heart
1949-02-09
An orphan left in the care of a Buddhist temple becomes attached to a young widow who arrives there
Rice
1963-11-16
The poor farmers of Muju in Cheonbuk Province cannot get enough water to irrigate their rice. They a
The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-in-law
1965-09-10
Choi Eun-hee’s directorial debut The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-In-Law is the story of ups and
Keeping the Vision Alive
2002-04-04
Keeping the Vision Alive is a documentary film containing the voices and images of Korean women film
The Shadowless Pagoda
1957-01-31
On the eighth of April of King Gyoeng-deok's 10th year of the reign of the Unified Silla Period, Gus
I'll Be Seeing Her
2002-01-01
"I'll Be Seeing HER" is an approach to images of women in Korean cinema with a new genre, ‘Fanta Doc
The Youth
1955-11-30
In the latter years of the Korean Empire, Lee In Hwa, disguises herself as a man so she can join a g
Runaway
1984-05-01
Song Ryul returns to the countryside to see his ill father. After his cousin conspires with the Japa
The Money
1958-03-09
The Money is about a poor farmer whose bid for a better life ends up bringing calamity to his family
To the Last Day
1960-07-01
Captain Kim is grievously wounded in the first days of the war. When the northern troops continue th
The Land of Korea
1968-10-06
Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim
2024-10-12
The love of Kim Jong Il, the former dictator of North Korea, for cinema and his adventures, includin
The Cloud Bridge of Gratitude
1963-10-01
A royal delegation faces death when it returns with a document from the King of China with the royal