Choi Mu-ryong
Born: 1928-02-02 in Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Died: 1999-11-13
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1987
1986
1981
1975
- A Little Star as Hyun-sik
1973
1972
- Cruel history of Myeong Dong as Hyeon (ep. 2)
- Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong as Kang Dong-yeol
- One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave as President Jang
- A Second Mother as Heung-yeol
1971
- Woman of Fire as Detective
- A Bout in 30 Years as Jang Dae-gyu
- A guilty woman
- 명동에 흐르는 세월
- I'll Follow My Husband
- Leaving in the rain
1970
- Woman with Long Eyelashes as Park Dong-jin
- Ghost and Painter
1967
- Step-mother ... (Director)
1966
- Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry as Lawyer
1965
1964
- Red Scarf as Bae Dae-bong (Lieutenant)
- The Teacher with Ten Daughters
- Border Line
1963
- Marine Battleground as Private Choi
- Kinship
- The Only Son
1962
- Great Monk Wonhyo
- View from an Alley as Young-taek
- The Iron-Eating Monster
- The War and an Old Man
- The Flaming Mountain as Monk Tripitaka
1961
- Aimless Bullet as Yeong-ho
- Wonsullang
- Five Marines as Woo Jong-guk
- Bumpkin Oh-bok as Park Jae-seok
- A Sunflower Family as Changsik (Eldest son)
- Lim Kkeok-jeong
1960
- A Drifting Story as Minwoo (poet)
- A Revival
- The Moral of Youth
1959
1957
1956
1955
- The Youth as Ahn Jae-yeong
- Boxes of Death