Choi Moo-ryong

• Name — Choi Moo-ryong • Born — 1928 2 25 • Birthplace — Gwangju, Keiki Province, Korea, Empire of Japan • Died — 1999 11 11 • Place of death — Bucheon, South Korea • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1954–1987 Choi Moo-ryong (February 25, 1928 – November 11, 1999) was a South Korean actor, producer, and director. He was the father of Choi Min-soo.

Choi was born in Paju, Keiki Province, Korea, Empire of Japan (now in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea). 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.

• Note; the whole list is referenced. • Year — English title — Korean title — Romanization — Role — Director • 1987 — Prince Yeon-san — Yeonsangun • 1986 — The Liberal Wife 2 — Jayubuin 2 • 1981 — Liberal Wife '81 — Ja-yubu-in '81 • 1976 — Common Woman — Botong-yeoja • 1975 — Violent Shaking — Gyeogdong • A Little Star — Jag-eun byeol • 1973 — An Eccentric General and His Inferiors All Over the Country — Byeolnan janggungwa paldobuha • Azaleas in My Home — Gohyang-e jindallae • Sister — Nuna • Weeds — Jabcho • Special Investigation Bureau: Kim So-San, the Kisaeng — Teugbyeolsusabonbu-wa gisaeng Gim Sosan • A Companion — Dongbanja • A Case of a College Girl Lee Nan-Hee of Special Investigation Center — Teugbyeolsusabonbu yeodaesaeng I Nanhuisageon • Leaving Myeong Dong — Myeongdong-eul tteonamyeonseo • 1972 — Aunt — Imo • A Lady Born in the Year of Rat 2 — Jwittibu-in • An Honorable Student of Life — Insaeng-udeungsaeng • A Judge's Wife — Pansabu-in • A Man and a Woman — Namgwa yeo • Looking for Sons and Daughters — Adeul ttal chaj-a cheonligil • My Love of the South and the North — Namgwa bug-ui dangsin • A Lady Born in the Year of Rat — Jwittibu-in • The Wedding Ring — Gyeolhonbanji • Oh, Frailty — Yaghanja-yeo • One to One — Ildae-il • The Fugitive in the Storm — Pog-usog-ui domangja • Nationwide Graduates — Paldojol-eobsaeng • Please Be Happy, My Daughters — Jalsal-ada-o nae ttaldeul-a • Cruel History of Myeong Dong — Myeongdongjanhogsa • Where Should I Go? — Eodilo ga-yahana • Life is On the Lonely Road — Insaeng-eun nageunegil • I Will Give It All — Akkim-eobs-i bachili • Me, Myself and I — Na-wa na • 1971 — I — Na • A Second Mother — Duljjae-eomeoni • Beautiful Korea — Aleumda-un paldogangsan • Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong — Myeongdongsamgugji • Cell-mates — Dongchangsaeng • The Women of Kyeongbokgung — Gyeongboggung-ui yeo-indeul • Bye, Mom — Eomma annyeong • Leaving in the Rain — Bissog-e tteonal salam • Is Your Husband Like This Too? — Daeg-ui appado ileohseubnikka • Woman of Fire — Hwanyeo • Light in the Field — Cho-won-ui bich • Action Episodes — Hwalgeugdaesa • The Royal Emissary With No ID — Mapae-eobsneun eosa • What Happened That Night — Geunalbam saenggin il • Why Do You Abandon Me — Naleul beolisinaikka • My Love, My Foe — Hyeonsangbut-eun 4in-ui agnyeo • A Woman Gambler — Eoneu yeodobagsa • A Hotel Room — Yeochang • Two Sons Sequel — Du adeul • A Student of Life — Insaeng-yuhagsaeng • Until Next Time — Mi-wodo annyeong • My Wife — Nae anae-yeo • 444, Jongno St. — Jonglo 444beonji • I'll Follow My Husband — Seobangnim ttalaseo • Brother — Oppa • A Guilty Woman — Joemanh-eun yeo-in • His Double Life — Miseu Lee • A Bout in 30 Years — 30nyeonman-ui daegyeol • Foggy Jangchoongdan Stadium — Angaekkin Jangchungdangong-won • Twelve Women — Yeoldu yeo-in • I Can't Forget You — Gandago ij-eulsonya • Five Fighters — 5in-ui geondaldeul • Three Half-brothers — Ibog 3hyeongje • Wild Magpie — Oelo-un sankkachi • Time on Myungdong — Myeongdong-e heuleuneun se-wol • Sorrow in Tears — Dujulgi nunmulsog-e • Some Married Couple — Eoneu bubu • 1970 — Tokyo Lion and Myeongdong Tiger — Donggyeongsaja-wa Myeongdongholang-i • Visitor in the Dead of the Night — Sim-ya-ui bangmungaeg • Friendship of Hope — Nae-il-issneun ujeong • Lefty Without a Tomorrow — Nae-il-eobsneun oensonjab-i • I will Bear No More — Naneun cham-eul su eobsda • House of a Stranger — Ta-in-ui jib • Yearning for a Lover — Imgeuli-wo • Please Turn Off the Light — Bang-e bul-eul kkeoju-o • Chastity — Sungyeol • Dance with My Father — Appa-wa hamkke chum-eul • Escape — Samhotalchul • King Yeong-chin, the Last Crown Prince — Majimag hwangtaeja Yeongchin-wang • Back Alley No. 5 — Dwisgolmog obeonji • A Portrait in the Coffin — Gwansog-ui mi-inhwa • Dangerous Liaison — Wiheomhan gwangye • Blue Bedroom — Puleun chimsil • Golden Operation 70 in Hong Kong — Hwanggeum70 Hongkongjagjeon • Between My Father's Arms — Appapum-e • Woman with Long Eyelashes — Sognunseob-i gin yeoja • Frozen Spring — Dongchun • A Woman's Battleground — Yeo-injeonjang • 1969 — Let Me Free — Idaeto Tteonage Hae Juseyo • The Third Zone — Jesamjidae • Parking Lot — Juchajang • Love is the Seed of Tears — Sarang-eun Nunmul-ui Ssi-at • 1968 — Don't Leave Behind Your Love — Jeong Dugo Gajima • The Third Zone — Jesam jidae • Remarriage — Jaehon • 1967 — Can't Forget — Geuraedo Monnijeo • The Life of Na Woon-gyu — Naungyu Ilsaeng • Miracle — Gijeok • You and Me — Neowa Na • Yeonhwa — Yeonhwa • Tourist Train — Gwan-gwang Yeolcha • 1966 — Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry — Beopchangeul ulrin ok-i • A Seoul Boy — Seoul meoseuma • Bitter Daedong River — Hanmaneun Daedonggang • The Loser and the Winner — Ireun Jawa Chajeun Ja • Well-lighted Room of the Newly Married — Hwachoksinbang • Night Blues — Bamhaneurui Blues • Decorations Never Rust — Hunjangeun Nokseulji Anneunda • 1965 — Lost Years — Ireobeorin Sewol • The Last Passion — Majimak Jeong-yeol • I Don't Want to Die — Naneun Jukgi Silta • Behold with an Angry Face — Seongnan Eolgullo Dol-abora • Madam Oh — Omadam • Never Regret — Huhoehaji Angetda • Flesh and Blood — Pi-wa Sal • The Virgin Playing Saxophone — Saxophone Buneun Cheonyeo • Good and Evil — Seongwa Ak • The Foster Mother & the Natural Mother • The Sworn Brothers — Uihyeongje • The North and South — Namgwa Buk • 1964 — The Heartbreaking Love of Mother — Pi-eorin Mojeong • Let's Meet on Thursday — Mogyoire Mannapsida • The Housemaid — Singmo • The Intimidator — Hyeopbakja • The Sorrowful Separation — Ibyeolman-eun Seulpeudeora • The Night When Raining over the Acacia — Akasi-a-e Bi-oneun Bam • The Blues with the Black Scar — Geomeun Sangcheo-ui Bureuseu • The Invisible Border Line — Guggyeong-anin Gukgyeongseon • Take a Course to the South — Gisureul Namjjok-euro Dollyeora • Red Scarf — Ppalgan Mahura • Where Can I Stand? — Naega Seol Ttang-eun Eodinya • The Lady of Gye-dong — Gyedong Assi • The Chaser — Chugyeokja • 1963 — The Loneliest Man in Seoul — Seo-ulseo Je-il Sseulsseulhan Sanai • Stars on the Earth — Daeji-ui Seongjwa • The Marines Who Never Returned — Dora-oji Anneun Haebyeong • Gaya's House — Gaya-ui Jib • Prince Sun and Princess Moon — Haennim Wangjawa Dalnim Gongju • The Only Son — Oe-adeul • Golden Grass of Yesterday — Yennare Geumjandi • 00:15 Train from Daejeon — Daejeonbal Yeongsi Osibbun • Hundred Years' Enmity — Baengnyeonhan • Monyeo Ridge Where The Flute Is Played — Pilibuldeon Monyeo Gogae • Love Like Stars — Sarang-a Byeol-gwa Gachi • To Part at Busan Harbor in Tears — Ulmyeo He-eojin Busanhang • A Beggar Prince — Geoji Wangja • Bloodline — Hyeolmaek • Jimmy Is Not Sad — Jimmyneun Seulpeuji Anta • The Fiancee — Yakhonnyeo • The Virgin in the Pub — Seonsuljib Cheonyeo • Ssangeommu — Ssanggeommu • Love and Good-bye — Mannal Ttaewa He-eojil Ttae • The Long Nakdong River — Nakdonggang Chilbaengri • 1962 — Bulgasari — Bulgasari • Mother's Love — Moseong-ae • When the Cloud Scatters Away — Gureumi Heuteojil Ttae • Where Love and Death Meet — Sarang-gwa Jugeum-ui Haehyeob • A Log Bridge — Oenamudari • Call 112 — 112reul Dollyeora • Yang Kuei-Fei — Yang Gwibi • Great Monk Wonhyo — Wonhyo Daesa • Sad Miari Pass — Hanmaneun Miari Gogae • Son Ogong — Son Ogong • The Way to Seoul — Seoullo Ganeun Gil • Gyewolhyang — Pyeongyang Gisaeng Gyewolhyang • Between the Sky and the Earth — Haneulgwa Ttangsa-i-e • The Best Bride and a Plain Young Man — Teukdeungsinbu-wa Samdeung Sillang • Want to Go Somewhere — Eodinji Gago Sipeo • A Lady in Black Gloves — Geomeun Janggab-ui Yeoin • Great Challenge — Dae-dojeon • Even Though I Die — Moksumeul Geolgo • The War and an Old Man — Jeonjaenggwa No-in • There Is No Bad Man — Agineun Eopda • What Happens in an Alley — Golmogan Punggyeong • Be Tough, Geumsun! — Gutse-eora Geumsuna • Coming Home — Gwihyang • 1961 — Fishermen — Eobudeul • Ignorant but Now Rich — Chon Obogi • For This Moment — I Sungan-eul Wihayeo • Emile — Emille Jong • My Father — Abeoji • Stars' Home — Byeorui Gohyang • Farewell at Busan — Ibyeol-ui Busan Jeonggeojang • Wonsullang — Wonsullang • Yangsando — Yangsando • Confession at Midnight — Simya-ui Gobaek • Don't Touch Me — Naemom-e Son-eul Daeji Mara • I Don't Regret — Nae Cheongchun-e Han-eun Eopda • A Gang of Robbers — Gundo • On the Eve of the Liberation Day — Pariro Jeonya • A Sunflower Family — Haebaragi Gajok • Gate to the Forbidden — Geumdan-ui mun • Five Marines — O in-ui haebyeong • Lim Kkeok-jeong — Lim Kkeok-jeong • Half Brothers — Ibok Hyeongje • A Mistress — Jeongbu • A Disobedient Son — Bulhyoja • 1960 — Obaltan — Obaltan • A Fig — Muhwagwa • Song in My Heart — Naegaseum-e geu nolaeleul • A Rainbow — Mujigae • Late-night Blues — Sim-ya-ui buleuseu • Sorrow like a River — Seulpeum-eun gangmulcheoleom • A Terminal Station of Separation — Ibyeol-ui jongchag-yeog • An Image of Mother — Mosang • Katyusha — Katyusha • A Revival — Jaesaeng • A Memorandum of a Female Teacher — Eoneu yeogyosa-ui sugi • Mother's Power — Eomeoni-ui him • A Son's Judgement — Adeul-ui simpan • Mother Earth — Daeji-ui eomeoni • The Moral of Youth — Cheongchun-ui yunli • I Won't Cry — Ulji anheulyeonda • Through a Darkness — Amheug-eul ttulhgo • I Will Forget the Name — Geu ireum-eul ij-euri • A Drifting Story — Pyoludo • As You Please — Jemeosdaelo • Although it is Far — Gil-eun meol-eodo • A Young Blueprint — Jeolm-eun seolgyedo • A Stormy Hill — Pogpung-ui eondeog • The Milky Way in the Blue Sky — Pureunhanul Eunhasu • 1959 — Rainy Day 3 p.m. — Bioneun Narui Ohu Sesi • A Star Crying Alone — Hollo Uneun Byeol • A Barber of Jangmaru Village — Jangmaruchonui Ibalsa • Stars Over the Window — Byeoreun Changneomeoro • Always Thinking of You — Jana Kkaena • Another Love Comes Again — Sarang Dwie Oneun Sarang • I and a Star — Byeolhana Nahana • Diary of Youths — Cheongchunilgi • An Inn — Yeoinsuk • A Vanished Dream — Kkumeun Sarajigo • Spring Comes and Goes — Ganeun Bom Oneun Bom • Even the Clouds Are Drifting — Gureumeun Heulleodo • Daewongun Regent and Queen Minbi — Daewongungwa Minbi • Early Spring — Jochun • Even The Love Has Gone — Sarangeun Heulleogado • Independence Association and young Lee Seung-Man — Dongniphyeophoewa Cheongnyeon Lee Seung-man • A Negro Whom I Got — Naega Naeun Geomdungi • Men vs. Women — Namseong Dae Yeoseong • A White Pearl — Baekjinju • Affection and Apathy — Yujeongmujeong (original title: Pamun) • She Should Live — Saraya Handa • A Necklace of Reminiscence — Chueogui Mokgeori • No More Tragedies — Bigeugeun Eopda • Terms of Marriage — Gyeolhonjogeon • A Way of a Body — Yukcheui Gil, The Way of All Flesh • 1958 — The Third Class Hotel — Samdeunghotel • An Incense Fire — Mado-ui hyangbul • The Love of Shadow — Geurimja sarang • The Lost People — Gil-ilh-eun salamdeul • 1957 — An Exotic Garden — Igugjeong-won • The Lost Youth — Ilh-eobeolin cheongchun • Life of a Woman — Geu yeoja-ui ilsaeng • A Night at a Harbor — Hanggu-ui il-ya • 1956 — The Sadness of Heredity — Yujeon-ui aesu • A Woman's Enemy — Yeoseong-ui jeog • 1955 — Box of Death — Jugeom-ui sangja • The Youth — Jeolm-eun geudeul • 1954 — Turbid Water — Tangnyu

• Year — Elections — Constituency — Political party — Votes (%) — Results • 1988 — 13th National Assembly General Election — Paju (Gyeonggi) — NDRP — 34,219 (41.80%) — Won

• Note; the whole list is referenced. • 1963, the 1st Blue Dragon Film Awards: Special Award: Group Acting • 1964, the 2nd Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Red Scarf) • 1971, the 10th Grand Bell Awards: Best Supporting Actor • 1971, the 7th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best Film Actor • 1971, the 8th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Best Actor (30년만의 대결) • 1972, the 9th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Favorite Actor • 1973, the 9th Baeksang Arts Awards: Favorite Film Actor selected by readers • 1973, the 10th Blue Dragon Film Awards: Favorite Actor • 1974, the 10th Baeksang Arts Awards: Favorite Film Actor selected by readers • 1999, the 36th Grand Bell Awards: Film Development Lifetime Achievement • 2000, the 4th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival: Lifetime Achievement