Choi Mu-ryong
Acting
1928-02-02 · Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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.
Filmography
Prince Yeon-san
1987 · Movie
The Liberal Wife 2
1986 · Movie
As Firm as a Stone
1983 · Movie
Liberal Wife '81
1981 · Movie
A Little Star
1975 · Movie
Weeds
1973 · Movie
Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee
1973 · Movie
Azaleas Of My Hometown
1973 · Movie
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
1972 · Movie
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
1972 · Movie
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
1972 · Movie
A Second Mother
1972 · Movie
Leaving in the rain
1971 · Movie
A guilty woman
1971 · Movie
I'll Follow My Husband
1971 · Movie
명동에 흐르는 세월
1971 · Movie
Woman of Fire
1971 · Movie
A Bout in 30 Years
1971 · Movie
Woman with Long Eyelashes
1970 · Movie
Ghost and Painter
1970 · Movie
Step-mother
1967 · Movie
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
1966 · Movie
Night Blues
1966 · Movie
North and South
1965 · Movie
Border Line
1964 · Movie
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
1964 · Movie
Red Scarf
1964 · Movie
Kinship
1963 · Movie
The Only Son
1963 · Movie
Marine Battleground
1963 · Movie
The Iron-Eating Monster
1962 · Movie
Call 112
1962 · Movie
The War and an Old Man
1962 · Movie
The Flaming Mountain
1962 · Movie
View from an Alley
1962 · Movie
Great Monk Wonhyo
1962 · Movie
Lim Kkeok-jeong
1961 · Movie
Wonsullang
1961 · Movie
Bumpkin Oh-bok
1961 · Movie
Five Marines
1961 · Movie
Aimless Bullet
1961 · Movie
A Sunflower Family
1961 · Movie
A Drifting Story
1960 · Movie
The Moral of Youth
1960 · Movie
A Revival
1960 · Movie
Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon
1959 · Movie
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
1959 · Movie
Way of the Body
1959 · Movie
There is No Tragedy
1959 · Movie
Life of the Woman
1957 · Movie
The Enemy of Woman
1956 · Movie
The Youth
1955 · Movie
Boxes of Death
1955 · Movie