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

A Sunflower Family

Marine Battleground

Aimless Bullet

View from an Alley

Woman of Fire

A Revival

The Youth

The Teacher with Ten Daughters

All Movies (50)

• Prince Yeon-san1987
• The Liberal Wife 21986
• Liberal Wife '811981
• A Little Star1975 · as Hyun-sik
• Weeds1973
• Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee1973
• Azaleas Of My Hometown1973 · as Cheol-ju
• One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave1972 · as President Jang
• Cruel history of Myeong Dong1972 · as Hyeon (ep. 2)
• Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong1972 · as Kang Dong-yeol
• A Second Mother1972 · as Heung-yeol
• Leaving in the rain1971
• A guilty woman1971
• I'll Follow My Husband1971
• 명동에 흐르는 세월1971
• Woman of Fire1971 · as Detective
• A Bout in 30 Years1971 · as Jang Dae-gyu
• Woman with Long Eyelashes1970 · as Park Dong-jin
• Ghost and Painter1970
• Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry1966 · as Lawyer
• North and South1965
• Border Line1964
• The Teacher with Ten Daughters1964
• Red Scarf1964 · as Bae Dae-bong (Lieutenant)
• Kinship1963
• The Only Son1963
• Marine Battleground1963 · as Private Choi
• The Iron-Eating Monster1962
• The War and an Old Man1962
• Call 1121962 · as Choi Kyung-min
• The Flaming Mountain1962 · as Monk Tripitaka
• View from an Alley1962 · as Young-taek
• Great Monk Wonhyo1962
• Lim Kkeok-jeong1961
• Wonsullang1961
• Bumpkin Oh-bok1961 · as Park Jae-seok
• Five Marines1961 · as Woo Jong-guk
• Aimless Bullet1961 · as Yeong-ho
• A Sunflower Family1961 · as Changsik (Eldest son)
• A Drifting Story1960 · as Minwoo (poet)
• The Moral of Youth1960
• A Revival1960
• Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon1959
• Even the Clouds Are Drifting1959
• Way of the Body1959
• There is No Tragedy1959
• Life of the Woman1957
• The Enemy of Woman1956
• The Youth1955 · as Ahn Jae-yeong
• Boxes of Death1955