The Houseguest and My Mother [SEP] director
The Houseguest and My Mother
The Houseguest and My Mother () is a 1961 South Korean film directed by Shin Sang-ok. It is based on a best-selling novel by Chu Yo-Sup, it was given the Best Film award at the 1961 Asia Pacific Film Festival. The film was also selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 35th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Not to be confused with the 2007 Korean film of the same name
Sang-ok in 1954, the two founded Shin Film. Choi went on to act in over 130 films and was considered one of the biggest stars of South Korean film in the 1960s and 1970s. She starred in many of Shin's iconic films including 1958's "A Flower in Hell" and 1961's "The Houseguest and My Mother."
They adopted two children together Jeong-kyun and Myung-kim
Biography Abduction and years in North Korea.
In 1976, Choi divorced Shin after seeing news that