Choi Mu-ryong

Choi Mu-ryong

  • Birthday: 2/2/1928
  • Deathday: 11/13/1999
  • Place of birth: Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
  • Fame for: Acting
  • Also known as: 최무룡, 崔戊龍, Mu-ryong Choi, Moo-ryong Choi, Choi Moo-ryong, Чхве Му Рён, Чхве Му-рён, Чхве Мурён, Му-рён Чхве, Мурён Чхве, Muryong Choi, Choi Muryong , Choi Mu Ryong , Choi Moo Ryong , Choi Mooryong , Mooryong Choi

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.

Filmography

Aimless Bullet
Release date: 4/13/1961

Aimless Bullet

Role(s): Yeong-ho

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A Drifting Story
Release date: 12/17/1960

A Drifting Story

Role(s): Minwoo (poet)

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The War and an Old Man
Release date: 8/9/1962

The War and an Old Man

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Red Scarf
Release date: 3/26/1964

Red Scarf

Role(s): Bae Dae-bong (Lieutenant)

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Way of the Body
Release date: 8/19/1959

Way of the Body

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