Choi Mu-ryong
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.
Acting
Movie
Aimless Bullet
as Yeong-ho
1961
Movie
Woman of Fire
as Detective
1971
Movie
Marine Battleground
as Private Choi
1963
Movie
Boxes of Death
1955
Movie
Five Marines
as Woo Jong-guk
1961
Movie
Kinship
1963
Movie
A Drifting Story
as Minwoo (poet)
1960
Movie
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
1959
Movie
Weeds
1973
Movie
The Youth
as Ahn Jae-yeong
1955
Movie
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
1964
Movie
A Bout in 30 Years
as Jang Dae-gyu
1971
Movie
Red Scarf
as Bae Dae-bong (Lieutenant)
1964
Movie
A Sunflower Family
as Changsik (Eldest son)
1961
Movie
View from an Alley
as Young-taek
1962
Movie
Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon
1959
Movie
North and South
1965
Movie
Bumpkin Oh-bok
as Park Jae-seok
1961
Movie
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
as Lawyer
1966
Movie
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
as Kang Dong-yeol
1972
Movie
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
as President Jang
1972
Movie
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
as Hyeon (ep. 2)
1972
Movie
Woman with Long Eyelashes
as Park Dong-jin
1970
Movie
The War and an Old Man
1962
