Nam Seung-min

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.

Known For

Dear Soldier

Straits of Chosun

Look Up at the Blue Sky

A Hometown in Heart

Defenders of the native land

Narcissus

The Adventure of Ttolttori

Scouts

All Movies (18)

• Village at the Demarcation Line1961 · as Do-kyun
• A woman's story1960 · as old man Liu
• Red Flare1960 · as old man Choi
• Love the Future1959
• 애국자1959 · as Song Yong-sik
• The Road of Happiness1956 · as Nam-goo Hwang
• The Miss of Guerrillas1954
• Scouts1953 · as Commander of the Puppet Army Division
• Defenders of the native land1952 · as Byeong-su Nam
• Teen Guerrillas1951 · as Secretary of the County Committee of the Labor Party
• A Hometown in Heart1949 · as Temple Cook
• The Adventure of Ttolttori1946
• Dear Soldier1944 · as Yoshiki Hiramatsu
• Straits of Chosun1943 · as Seki
• Look Up at the Blue Sky1943 · as Patriot
• I Will Go1942
• Rural Life1942 · as Kiyokawa
• Narcissus1940