Choi Mu-ryong
Acting · Born Feb 2, 1928 · Died Nov 13, 1999 (71) · 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.
Directed
Films
Prince Yeon-san
1987
The Liberal Wife 2
19869.0
Liberal Wife '81
1981
A Little Star
1975
Weeds
19736.2
Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee
19739.0
Azaleas Of My Hometown
19739.0
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
19728.0
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
197210.0
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
19727.0
A Second Mother
197210.0
Leaving in the rain
1971
A guilty woman
1971
I'll Follow My Husband
1971
명동에 흐르는 세월
1971
Woman of Fire
19714.8
A Bout in 30 Years
19716.5
Woman with Long Eyelashes
19707.0
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
19669.0
Night Blues
1966
North and South
19657.5
Border Line
196410.0
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
19648.5
Red Scarf
19647.5
Kinship
19636.2
The Only Son
19637.0
Marine Battleground
19637.1
The Iron-Eating Monster
1962
The War and an Old Man
19629.0
Call 112
1962
The Flaming Mountain
1962
View from an Alley
19627.5
Great Monk Wonhyo
196210.0
Lim Kkeok-jeong
196110.0
Wonsullang
19619.0
Bumpkin Oh-bok
19616.5
Five Marines
19615.5
Aimless Bullet
19617.1
A Sunflower Family
19617.5
A Drifting Story
19606.5
The Moral of Youth
19609.0
A Revival
1960
Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon
19596.0
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
19595.6
Way of the Body
195910.0
There is No Tragedy
1959
Life of the Woman
19577.0
The Enemy of Woman
195610.0
The Youth
19556.7
Boxes of Death
19555.0