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Choi Mu-ryong

Choi Mu-ryong

Actor · Born 1928-02-02 · Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

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Biography

South Korean actor, producer, and director who is father of Choi Min-soo. Choi was one of popular actors of the 1960s along with Shin Young-kyun and Kim Jin-kyu. Choi gained a popularity for his handsome appearance and masculine image. Choi's personal life was as much dramatic as his starred films, so he always garnered the public attention. 1952, Choi married a colleague actress, Kang Hyo-shil, the daughter of a noted actress, Jeon Ok with the nickname, "Queen of Tears" and a singer Gang Hong-sik. Choi and his wife had one son and four daughters including an actor, Choi Min-soo. However, Choi had an affair with Kim Ji-mee, the best popular actress at that time, so that Choi and Gang divorced in 1962. Choi soon married Kim Ji-mee, but he owed massive debts due to his failed film production. As a result, Choi chose to divorce Kim again in 1969. At that time, the phrase, Because I love you, I have to part from her was circulated among the public.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Aimless Bullet (1961) — Yeong-ho
  2. Woman of Fire (1971) — Detective
  3. Marine Battleground (1963) — Private Choi
  4. Boxes of Death (1955)
  5. Five Marines (1961) — Woo Jong-guk
  6. Kinship (1963)
  7. A Drifting Story (1960) — Minwoo (poet)
  8. Even the Clouds Are Drifting (1959)
  9. Weeds (1973)
  10. The Youth (1955) — Ahn Jae-yeong
  11. The Teacher with Ten Daughters (1964)
  12. A Bout in 30 Years (1971) — Jang Dae-gyu
  13. Red Scarf (1964) — Bae Dae-bong (Lieutenant)
  14. A Sunflower Family (1961) — Changsik (Eldest son)
  15. View from an Alley (1962) — Young-taek
  16. Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon (1959)
  17. North and South (1965)
  18. Bumpkin Oh-bok (1961) — Park Jae-seok
  19. Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry (1966) — Lawyer
  20. Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong (1972) — Kang Dong-yeol
  21. One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave (1972) — President Jang
  22. Cruel history of Myeong Dong (1972) — Hyeon (ep. 2)
  23. Woman with Long Eyelashes (1970) — Park Dong-jin
  24. The War and an Old Man (1962)
  25. The Enemy of Woman (1956)
  26. The Moral of Youth (1960)
  27. Wonsullang (1961)
  28. Life of the Woman (1957)
  29. Great Monk Wonhyo (1962)
  30. Way of the Body (1959)
  31. Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee (1973)
  32. Ghost and Painter (1970)
  33. Border Line (1964)
  34. The Liberal Wife 2 (1986)
  35. The Only Son (1963)
  36. A Second Mother (1972) — Heung-yeol
  37. Azaleas Of My Hometown (1973) — Cheol-ju
  38. Lim Kkeok-jeong (1961)
  39. Prince Yeon-san (1987)
  40. A Little Star (1975) — Hyun-sik

Directed

  1. As Firm as a Stone (1983) — Director
  2. Step-mother (1967) — Director