Nam Seung-min
Born: 1911-01-01 in Gangwon-do, South Korea
Known For: Acting
Biography
Born in Gangwon-do in 1911, his real name is Nam Tae-won. In 1935, he entered the film industry with a small role in director Bang Han-jun's Sprinkler. Afterwards, he appeared in Lee Gyu-hwan's A New Beginning (1939) and Kim Yu-young's Daffodil (1940). He appeared in a number of propaganda and cultural films, including Choi In-gyu's Children of the Sun (1944) and Kyung-kyun Shin's Our War (1945). After liberation, he appeared in director Lee Kyu-hwan's The Adventures of Smart (1946) and director Yoon Yong-gyu's Hometown of the Heart (1949). He defected to North Korea during the Korean War.
Filmography
1961
- Village at the Demarcation Line as Do-kyun
1960
- A woman's story as old man Liu
- Red Flare as old man Choi
1959
- Love the Future
- 애국자 as Song Yong-sik
1956
- The Road of Happiness as Nam-goo Hwang
1953
- Scouts as Commander of the Puppet Army Division
1952
- Defenders of the native land as Byeong-su Nam
1951
- Teen Guerrillas as Secretary of the County Committee of the Labor Party
1949
- A Hometown in Heart as Temple Cook
1944
- Dear Soldier as Yoshiki Hiramatsu
1943
- Look Up at the Blue Sky as Patriot
- Straits of Chosun as Seki
1942
- Rural Life as Kiyokawa
- I Will Go