Choi Mu-ryong
Born: 1928-02-02
Place of Birth: Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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
The Youth
Woman of Fire
Wonsullang
Aimless Bullet
A Sunflower Family
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Liberal Wife '81
A Revival
Great Monk Wonhyo
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
North and South
Marine Battleground
The Moral of Youth
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Azaleas Of My Hometown
Way of the Body
The Only Son
A Second Mother
Life of the Woman
Kinship
Border Line
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
The Enemy of Woman
Boxes of Death
There is No Tragedy
Lim Kkeok-jeong
A Little Star
Woman with Long Eyelashes
View from an Alley
Weeds
A guilty woman
A Drifting Story
명동에 흐르는 세월
Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee
I'll Follow My Husband
The War and an Old Man
The Liberal Wife 2
Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon
Leaving in the rain
Prince Yeon-san
A Bout in 30 Years
The Iron-Eating Monster
Red Scarf
Five Marines
