Choi Mu-ryong
Date of birth: 1928-02-02
Place of birth: Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Known 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.
Movie Credits
Aimless Bullet
1961-04-13
Two brothers—Chul-ho, an accountant with a toothache and a pregnant wife, and Yong-ho, an unemployed
Five Marines
1961-10-20
A brigade of five marines are sent on a dangerous mission to capture an enemy stronghold during the
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
1964-04-09
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
1966-06-13
After her father, failed at stock investment and was shocked to death, a girl enters a textile facto
A Bout in 30 Years
1971-02-27
Best friends Dae-gyu and Dal-su fight over Ok-hi. When Ok-hui marries and goes to Seoul the fight en
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
1972-04-21
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
1972-09-01
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
1972-06-04
An omnibus of three stories all taking place in the Myeongdong district of Seoul.
Weeds
1973-11-21
A depiction of the life and fate of a physically weak woman who has strong maternal love.
Woman with Long Eyelashes
1970-11-21
Suk-jin, a naive Young woman lives on her own in Seoul. When her brother dies following a car accide
Prince Yeon-san
1987-10-01
Prince Yeon-san
Kinship
1963-10-03
The story takes place on a mountain slope where defectors from North Korea live. These families sell
A Drifting Story
1960-12-17
This melodrama follows the trials and tribulations of a single mother who dares to love. Hyun Hee (M
A Little Star
1975-03-18
The War and an Old Man
1962-08-09
A platoon of South Korean soldiers find themselves cut off from their squad without communication. T
The Enemy of Woman
1956-11-15
The Moral of Youth
1960-07-20
There is No Tragedy
1959-08-15
Wonsullang
1961-11-18
A Revival
1960-01-01
Life of the Woman
1957-05-12
Great Monk Wonhyo
1962-02-15
After losing his best friend in a fierce battle against Baekje in the first year of Queen Jindeok's
Red Scarf
1964-03-26
South Korean Air Force pilots engage in perilous missions against Communist North Koreans during the
Way of the Body
1959-08-19
A man accused of embezzlement starts a life as first a vagabound and later a thief. He feels he is u
Boxes of Death
1955-06-22
A village youth gets trapped inside a communist hideout with his home made timebomb and must escape
Liberal Wife '81
1981-06-13
After 10 years of marriage, Sun-young and Tae-yeon save up a significant amount of money. Tae-yeon r
A Sunflower Family
1961-04-13
A middle-aged man is so crazy about his mistress that he doesn't care about what happens to his fami
Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee
1973-11-03
Nan-hee is slowly coerced into a life of crime by her boyfriend, Park. She is trained in assassinati
Woman of Fire
1971-04-01
The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a fem
Ghost and Painter
1970-08-14
Artist Kyeong-pa is asked by the father of a dead girl to paint a portrait of the man's daughter to
The Iron-Eating Monster
1962-12-01
During the later years of Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), a talented martial artist is murdered. His rese
View from an Alley
1962-06-28
One father finds life nearly impossible to live as he attempts to raise his nine children on a pitif
Border Line
1964-09-19
A Korean family is separated during the Japanese colonial period and end up in different parts of As
The Liberal Wife 2
1986-03-08
When his 'liberal' wife dies, middle aged Jang Tae-yeon stays single for the sake of his only child.
Leaving in the rain
1971-11-27
The Only Son
1963-07-05
Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon
1959-11-25
Upon hearing that her fiance has been killed in battle, a woman makes her way to the Park Pagoda to
A guilty woman
1971-09-08
North and South
1965-01-01
Based on a radio drama, this wartime melodrama revolves around a woman caught between two men: her h
The Youth
1955-11-30
In the latter years of the Korean Empire, Lee In Hwa, disguises herself as a man so she can join a g
A Second Mother
1972-01-13
Nam-Ok who has Yun-Ho and Yun-Suk remarries widowed Heung-Yeol who has Hyeong-Tae and Hyeong-Ja. Nam
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
1959-11-05
After the death of Mal-Suk's father, her eldest brother, Dong-suk, becomes the sole breadwinner for
Bumpkin Oh-bok
1961-11-11
Kind-hearted country bumpkin O-bok leads a simple life working as a long-time farmhand for the rich
Azaleas Of My Hometown
1973-09-08
Yong-cheol's plans to mary Ok-rim are destroyed by her parents who marry her off to Cheol-ju. Yong-c
The Flaming Mountain
1962-07-25
Red Kid abducts Monk Tripitaka to turn his flesh into a feast to treat his mother Princess Iron Fan.
명동에 흐르는 세월
1971-08-26
I'll Follow My Husband
1971-09-07
Lim Kkeok-jeong
1961-12-31
Marine Battleground
1963-04-11
A division of marines survive a battle with the Chinese army but find themselves stranded without co