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

Yeong-ho

오발탄

Woo Jong-guk

5인의 해병

십자매 선생

Lawyer

법창을 울린 옥이

Jang Dae-gyu

30년만의 대결

Kang Dong-yeol

명동 삼국지

President Jang

돌아온 자와 떠나야 할 자

Hyeon (ep. 2)

명동 잔혹사

잡초

Park Dong-jin

속눈썹이 긴 여자

연산군

혈맥

Minwoo (poet)

표류도

Hyun-sik

작은 별

전쟁과 노인

여성의 적

청춘의 윤리

비극은 없다

원술랑

재생

그 여자의 일생

원효대사

Bae Dae-bong (Lieutenant)

빨간 마후라

육체의 길

주검의 상자

자유부인

Changsik (Eldest son)

해바라기 가족

특별수사본부 여대생 이난희사건

Detective

화녀

棺속의 美人画

松都末年의 불가사리

Young-taek

골목안 風景

국경 아닌 국경선

자유부인 2

빗속에 떠날 사람

외아들

비오는 날의 오후3시

죄많은 여인

남과 북

Ahn Jae-yeong

젊은 그들

Heung-yeol

둘째 어머니

구름은 흘러도

Park Jae-seok

촌놈 오복이

Cheol-ju

고향에 진달래

Monk Tripitaka

火燄山

명동에 흐르는 세월

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