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.

Most Famous Work

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Aimless Bullet

(1961) Yeong-ho

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A Drifting Story

(1960) Minwoo (poet)

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Woman of Fire

(1971) Detective

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A Second Mother

(1972) Heung-yeol

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Five Marines

(1961) Woo Jong-guk

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A Sunflower Family

(1961) Changsik (Eldest son)

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Cruel history of Myeong Dong

(1972) Hyeon (ep. 2)

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Red Scarf

(1964) Bae Dae-bong (Lieutenant)

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1987	N/A	Prince Yeon-san 1987-10-01 Movie
1986	N/A	The Liberal Wife 2 1986-03-08 Movie
1981	N/A	Liberal Wife '81 1981-06-13 Movie
1975	Hyun-sik	A Little Star 1975-03-18 Movie
1973	N/A	Weeds 1973-11-21 Movie
	N/A	Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee 1973-11-03 Movie
	Cheol-ju	Azaleas Of My Hometown 1973-09-08 Movie
1972	President Jang	One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave 1972-09-01 Movie
	Hyeon (ep. 2)	Cruel history of Myeong Dong 1972-06-04 Movie
	Kang Dong-yeol	Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong 1972-04-21 Movie
	Heung-yeol	A Second Mother 1972-01-13 Movie
1971	N/A	Leaving in the rain 1971-11-27 Movie
	N/A	A guilty woman 1971-09-08 Movie
	Detective	Woman of Fire 1971-04-01 Movie
	Jang Dae-gyu	A Bout in 30 Years 1971-02-27 Movie
1970	Park Dong-jin	Woman with Long Eyelashes 1970-11-21 Movie
	N/A	Ghost and Painter 1970-08-14 Movie
1966	Lawyer	Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry 1966-06-13 Movie
1965	N/A	North and South 1965-01-01 Movie
1964	N/A	Border Line 1964-09-19 Movie
	N/A	The Teacher with Ten Daughters 1964-04-09 Movie
	Bae Dae-bong (Lieutenant)	Red Scarf 1964-03-26 Movie
1963	N/A	Kinship 1963-10-03 Movie
	N/A	The Only Son 1963-07-05 Movie
1962	N/A	The Iron-Eating Monster 1962-12-01 Movie
	N/A	The War and an Old Man 1962-08-09 Movie
	Young-taek	View from an Alley 1962-06-28 Movie
1961	Park Jae-seok	Bumpkin Oh-bok 1961-11-11 Movie
	Woo Jong-guk	Five Marines 1961-10-20 Movie
	Yeong-ho	Aimless Bullet 1961-04-13 Movie
	Changsik (Eldest son)	A Sunflower Family 1961-04-13 Movie
1960	Minwoo (poet)	A Drifting Story 1960-12-17 Movie
1959	N/A	Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon 1959-11-25 Movie
	N/A	Even the Clouds Are Drifting 1959-11-05 Movie
	N/A	Way of the Body 1959-08-19 Movie
1955	Ahn Jae-yeong	The Youth 1955-11-30 Movie
	N/A	Boxes of Death 1955-06-22 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv