Shin sang ok autobiography of a yogi

South Korean filmmaker

In this Korean name, the family name is Shin.

Shin Sang-ok (Korean:&#;신상옥; Hanja:&#;申相玉; or ^[a] – April 11, ) was a South Korean filmmaker with more than producer and 70 director credits to his name.

While renowned internationally for directing Pulgasari (), Shin is best known in South Korea for his efforts during the s and 60s, many of them collaborations with his wife Choi Eun-hee, when he was known as "The Prince of South Korean Cinema".

He posthumously received the Gold Crown Cultural Medal, the country's top honor for an artist.

In , Shin and Choi were kidnapped by order of Kim Jong-il to produce critically-acclaimed films.

Shin sang ok autobiography of a yogi

The two remained in captivity for 8 years until , when they escaped and sought asylum in the United States. Shin continued to produce and direct films in the United States, now under the pseudonym "Simon Sheen". He eventually returned to South Korea for his final years.

Early life

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