Choi Mu-ryong
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 2, 1928
- Died
- November 13, 1999 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Prince Yeon-san
Movie
The Liberal Wife 2
Movie
Liberal Wife '81
Movie
A Little Star
Movie · as Hyun-sik
Weeds
Movie
Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee
Movie
Azaleas Of My Hometown
Movie · as Cheol-ju
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
Movie · as Kang Dong-yeol
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
Movie · as President Jang
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Movie · as Hyeon (ep. 2)
A Second Mother
Movie · as Heung-yeol
A Bout in 30 Years
Movie · as Jang Dae-gyu
Woman of Fire
Movie · as Detective
Leaving in the rain
Movie
A guilty woman
Movie
명동에 흐르는 세월
Movie
I'll Follow My Husband
Movie
Woman with Long Eyelashes
Movie · as Park Dong-jin
Ghost and Painter
Movie
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
Movie · as Lawyer
Night Blues
Movie · as Han Sang-soo
North and South
Movie
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Movie
Red Scarf
Movie · as Bae Dae-bong (Lieutenant)
Border Line
Movie
Kinship
Movie
The Only Son
Movie
Marine Battleground
Movie · as Private Choi
The War and an Old Man
Movie
Great Monk Wonhyo
Movie
The Iron-Eating Monster
Movie
View from an Alley
Movie · as Young-taek
The Flaming Mountain
Movie · as Monk Tripitaka
Call 112
Movie · as Choi Kyung-min
Aimless Bullet
Movie · as Yeong-ho
Five Marines
Movie · as Woo Jong-guk
Wonsullang
Movie
A Sunflower Family
Movie · as Changsik (Eldest son)
Bumpkin Oh-bok
Movie · as Park Jae-seok
Lim Kkeok-jeong
Movie
A Drifting Story
Movie · as Minwoo (poet)
The Moral of Youth
Movie
A Revival
Movie
There is No Tragedy
Movie
Way of the Body
Movie
Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon
Movie
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
Movie
Life of the Woman
Movie
The Enemy of Woman
Movie
Boxes of Death
Movie
The Youth
Movie · as Ahn Jae-yeong