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Date of Birth

11 October 1926, Chungjin, North Korea

Date of Death

11 April 2006, Seoul, South Korea (complications following a liver transplant)

Birth Name

Sang-Ok Shin

Mini Biography

Shin alleged that he and his wife were kidnapped from their native South Korea in the late 1970s and held for several years in North Korea to make movies for Kim Jong Il, son of the N. Korean leader. Shin Sang-ok sought asylum in the United States in 1986 shortly before the film "Pulgasary" was finished. The couple were granted refuge in the United States.

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Spouse

Eun-hie Choi	(1953 - 1975) (divorced)
Eun-hie Choi	(? - 11 April 2006) (his death)

Trivia

Simon Sheen was forced to work for North Korea as a movie producer, but he escaped to South Korea and came to America.

Was married to a famous Korean Actress who was kidnapped along with him by the North Koreans and forced to work there.

Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1994

Forced to make propaganda films for Kim Jong-Il.

Escaped with his ex-wife in 1986.

Reunited with his wife a few years after their divorce, but they never remarried.

Produced 68 films with his actress wife 'Choi Un-hee' during their marriage.

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