Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 02, 1928
Died
Nov 13, 1999
Place of Birth
Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Credits
53 titles
Choi Mu-ryong
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.
Known For
Filmography
Prince Yeon-san
The Liberal Wife 2
As Firm as a Stone
Director
Liberal Wife '81
A Little Star
Hyun-sik
Weeds
Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee
Azaleas Of My Hometown
Cheol-ju
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
President Jang
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Hyeon (ep. 2)
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
Kang Dong-yeol
A Second Mother
Heung-yeol
Leaving in the rain
A guilty woman
I'll Follow My Husband
명동에 흐르는 세월
Woman of Fire
Detective
A Bout in 30 Years
Jang Dae-gyu
Woman with Long Eyelashes
Park Dong-jin
Ghost and Painter
Step-mother
Director
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
Lawyer
Night Blues
Han Sang-soo
North and South
Border Line
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Red Scarf
Bae Dae-bong (Lieutenant)
Kinship
The Only Son
Marine Battleground
Private Choi
The Iron-Eating Monster
Call 112
Choi Kyung-min
The War and an Old Man
The Flaming Mountain
Monk Tripitaka
View from an Alley
Young-taek
Great Monk Wonhyo
Lim Kkeok-jeong
Wonsullang
Bumpkin Oh-bok
Park Jae-seok
Five Marines
Woo Jong-guk
Aimless Bullet
Yeong-ho
A Sunflower Family
Changsik (Eldest son)
A Drifting Story
Minwoo (poet)
The Moral of Youth
A Revival
Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
Way of the Body
There is No Tragedy
Life of the Woman