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