Choi Mu-ryong

Choi Mu-ryong

Born: February 2, 1928
Died: November 13, 1999
in 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.

Movies for Choi Mu-ryong...

Prince Yeon-san
Title: Prince Yeon-san
Released: October 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Prince Yeon-san
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The Liberal Wife 2
Title: The Liberal Wife 2
Released: March 8, 1986
Type: Movie
When his 'liberal' wife dies, middle aged Jang Tae-yeon stays single for the sake of his only child. When he meets Hwang Yu-young, who is in her twenties, by chance, Tae-yeon gets remarried. Yu-young becomes a young housewife enjoying a well-to-do life. However, as the days go by, she grows more disgruntled by the generation gap between her and her husband. Tae-yeon gets more caught up with his friends. When he finds out of his wife's gradual transformation into becoming a 'liberal' wife, he dies from the shock. Yu-young regrets her husband's death and she realizes too late what it means to be a housewife.
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Liberal Wife '81
Title: Liberal Wife '81
Released: June 13, 1981
Type: Movie
After 10 years of marriage, Sun-young and Tae-yeon save up a significant amount of money. Tae-yeon runs a food processing company and works hard to expand business but Sun-young wants to enjoy the fruits of their labor. While partying with her friends, she meets fashion designer Pierre Kang and has an affair with him. When her infidelity is found out by her husband, he asks for a divorce. When he refuses to forgive her, she seeks it through suicide.
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A Little Star
Title: A Little Star
Character: Hyun-sik
Released: March 18, 1975
Type: Movie
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Weeds
Title: Weeds
Released: November 21, 1973
Type: Movie
A depiction of the life and fate of a physically weak woman who has strong maternal love.
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Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee
Title: Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee
Released: November 3, 1973
Type: Movie
Nan-hee is slowly coerced into a life of crime by her boyfriend, Park. She is trained in assassination techniques and sent to assassinate the head of the Special Investigation Unit. However she cannot complete her mission because she suffers from pangs of conscience and a deep attraction to the investigator.
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Azaleas Of My Hometown
Title: Azaleas Of My Hometown
Character: Cheol-ju
Released: September 8, 1973
Type: Movie
Yong-cheol's plans to mary Ok-rim are destroyed by her parents who marry her off to Cheol-ju. Yong-cheol becomes powerful in the business world during the following years and he does his best to make life miserable for Cheol-ju and Ok-rim.
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One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
Title: One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
Character: President Jang
Released: September 1, 1972
Type: Movie
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Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Title: Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Character: Hyeon (ep. 2)
Released: June 4, 1972
Type: Movie
An omnibus of three stories all taking place in the Myeongdong district of Seoul.
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Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
Title: Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
Character: Kang Dong-yeol
Released: April 21, 1972
Type: Movie
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A Second Mother
Title: A Second Mother
Character: Heung-yeol
Released: January 13, 1972
Type: Movie
Nam-Ok who has Yun-Ho and Yun-Suk remarries widowed Heung-Yeol who has Hyeong-Tae and Hyeong-Ja. Nam-Ok are concerned about frequent quarrels between half brothers and sisters, but manages to deal with them wisely. As Yun-Ho who went to fishing with him falls into the water, Heung-Yeol tries to save him only to drown himself to death. Fifteen years later, Hyeong-Tae goes abroad to study while Hyeong-Ja lives in extravagance in Seoul. Yun-Suk gets to know Dong-Oh on the train, and Dong-Ho gets to like her, but later misunderstands her due to Hyeong-Ja's scheme, which causes Yun-Suk to commit suicide.
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Leaving in the rain
Title: Leaving in the rain
Released: November 27, 1971
Type: Movie
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A guilty woman
Title: A guilty woman
Released: September 8, 1971
Type: Movie
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Woman of Fire
Title: Woman of Fire
Character: Detective
Released: April 1, 1971
Type: Movie
The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household.
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A Bout in 30 Years
Title: A Bout in 30 Years
Character: Jang Dae-gyu
Released: February 27, 1971
Type: Movie
Best friends Dae-gyu and Dal-su fight over Ok-hi. When Ok-hui marries and goes to Seoul the fight ends. After many years, Ok-hi is widowed and brings her daughter Ji-hyang to her home village, and the fight between Dae-gyu and Dal-su begins again. Ok-hui borrows some money from Dal-su when she is short of money while building a reservoir for the village. Dal-su lends money on the condition that she marry him if she cannot pay him back until the ground-breaking ceremony. And Dal-su's wife leaves. As Ok-hui fails to return the money, she tries to run away with Dae-gyu, but they run into Min, Dal-su's son, who demands them to pay back his father's money. Finally Dae-gyu and Dal-su meet and have a fight, but at last Dal-su sends him to Ok-hi, and he is happy to do so.
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Woman with Long Eyelashes
Title: Woman with Long Eyelashes
Character: Park Dong-jin
Released: November 21, 1970
Type: Movie
Suk-jin, a naive Young woman lives on her own in Seoul. When her brother dies following a car accident, she finds out he had been having an affair with the wife of a businessman.
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Ghost and Painter
Title: Ghost and Painter
Released: August 14, 1970
Type: Movie
Artist Kyeong-pa is asked by the father of a dead girl to paint a portrait of the man's daughter to put her soul to rest. But whenever the artist tries to paint it, a different woman appears on the canvas. The image always takes the form of a woman whom he loved but has also passed away. The ghost of the man's daughter is not very happy that her painting has not been finished and makes her wrath known.
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Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
Title: Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
Character: Lawyer
Released: June 13, 1966
Type: Movie
After her father, failed at stock investment and was shocked to death, a girl enters a textile factory and supports her family. But living on her small salary and repaying her father's debt is too difficult for her. In the end, she tries to kill herself together with her young brother. But only her brother dies, and she, who survives, stands at the bar guilty of patricide. She deserves the death penalty, but the court takes into consideration her circumstances and is generous enough to open up a new road for her to start again. A real-life story.
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North and South
Title: North and South
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Based on a radio drama, this wartime melodrama revolves around a woman caught between two men: her husband, a South Korean lieutenant, and her former lover, a North Korean officer who defects to come find her. The film portrays not only their tragic love triangle but also the empathetic bond that develops between the two men.
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Border Line
Title: Border Line
Released: September 19, 1964
Type: Movie
A Korean family is separated during the Japanese colonial period and end up in different parts of Asia, and on different sides of the Korean Civil War.
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The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Title: The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Released: April 9, 1964
Type: Movie
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Red Scarf
Title: Red Scarf
Character: Bae Dae-bong (Lieutenant)
Released: March 26, 1964
Type: Movie
South Korean Air Force pilots engage in perilous missions against Communist North Koreans during the Korean War.
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Kinship
Title: Kinship
Released: October 3, 1963
Type: Movie
The story takes place on a mountain slope where defectors from North Korea live. These families sell cheap things such as socks and pens to make a living and there is a serious gap between the parents and their children. A widower Kim Deok-sam nags his son Geo-buk to join the American army. Ok-Mae who lives next door teaches her daughter Bok-soon traditional Korean folksongs and forces her to become a gisaeng.
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The Only Son
Title: The Only Son
Released: July 5, 1963
Type: Movie
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The Iron-Eating Monster
Title: The Iron-Eating Monster
Released: December 1, 1962
Type: Movie
During the later years of Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392), a talented martial artist is murdered. His resentment makes him born again as Bulgasari, a monster that grinds and eats up iron. The monster takes his revenge on the traitors responsible for his death.
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The War and an Old Man
Title: The War and an Old Man
Released: August 9, 1962
Type: Movie
A platoon of South Korean soldiers find themselves cut off from their squad without communication. They are aided by an old man in a nearby village who did not evacuate his home.
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View from an Alley
Title: View from an Alley
Character: Young-taek
Released: June 28, 1962
Type: Movie
One father finds life nearly impossible to live as he attempts to raise his nine children on a pitifully small salary.
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Bumpkin Oh-bok
Title: Bumpkin Oh-bok
Character: Park Jae-seok
Released: November 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Kind-hearted country bumpkin O-bok leads a simple life working as a long-time farmhand for the rich landlord Soon-young. When Soon-young discovers that his son Jae-seok has fallen for local girl Soon-yi, he protests the relationship and arranges for Soon-yi to be wed to O-bok instead. Despite the initial heartbreak, Soon-yi grows fond of O-bok over time and they have a daughter together named Sook-hee. However, when Jae-seok returns into Soon-yi’s life, she cannot resist his charms and runs away with him, leaving Jae-seok to raise Sook-hee on his own. Years later, Sook-hee is now a grown woman working in the city and in close contact with her father. However, a series of coincidences threaten to forcibly reunite O-bok and Sook-hee with Jae-seok and Soon-young in the most dramatic way possible.
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Five Marines
Title: Five Marines
Character: Woo Jong-guk
Released: October 20, 1961
Type: Movie
A brigade of five marines are sent on a dangerous mission to capture an enemy stronghold during the Korean War.
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A Sunflower Family
Title: A Sunflower Family
Character: Changsik (Eldest son)
Released: April 13, 1961
Type: Movie
A middle-aged man is so crazy about his mistress that he doesn't care about what happens to his family. The feud between his children by his wife and by the mistress gets worse until the family almost breaks apart.
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Aimless Bullet
Title: Aimless Bullet
Character: Yeong-ho
Released: April 13, 1961
Type: Movie
Two brothers—Chul-ho, an accountant with a toothache and a pregnant wife, and Yong-ho, an unemployed ex-soldier wounded in battle—navigate life in post-war Korea.
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A Drifting Story
Title: A Drifting Story
Character: Minwoo (poet)
Released: December 17, 1960
Type: Movie
This melodrama follows the trials and tribulations of a single mother who dares to love. Hyun Hee (Mun Jeong Suk) makes a living running a coffee house. She has to support her illegitimate daughter and mother, and bear the scorn of those who look down on her. Hyun Hee falls in love with a married writer (Kim Jin Kyu), while another customer (Choi Mu Ryong) holds a torch for her. The romantic triangles that unfold lead to tragic consequences.
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The Moral of Youth
Title: The Moral of Youth
Released: July 20, 1960
Type: Movie
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Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon
Title: Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon
Released: November 25, 1959
Type: Movie
Upon hearing that her fiance has been killed in battle, a woman makes her way to the Park Pagoda to seek comfort from the monument. There she becomes acquainted with Henry Jang, a Korean-American whom she eventually marries. There is no happy ending for the two, however, because her fiance shows up alive and well, but bitter over his lover's fickle nature
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Even the Clouds Are Drifting
Title: Even the Clouds Are Drifting
Released: November 5, 1959
Type: Movie
A 10-year old girl in a mining town, separated from her family, keeps a diary which becomes a best-seller.
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Way of the Body
Title: Way of the Body
Released: August 19, 1959
Type: Movie
A man accused of embezzlement starts a life as first a vagabound and later a thief. He feels he is unable to return to his family and home.
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There is No Tragedy
Title: There is No Tragedy
Released: August 15, 1959
Type: Movie
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The Enemy of Woman
Title: The Enemy of Woman
Released: November 15, 1956
Type: Movie
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The Youth
Title: The Youth
Character: Ahn Jae-yeong
Released: November 30, 1955
Type: Movie
In the latter years of the Korean Empire, Lee In Hwa, disguises herself as a man so she can join a group of young men determined to overthrow the colonial government. They fight together with young national activists presided by Hwal Min and supported by Daewon-gun, the Prince Regent, against Min Gyeom Ho and his peers. But Min and his team perform a surprise attack on Hwal Min and his peers.
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Boxes of Death
Title: Boxes of Death
Released: June 22, 1955
Type: Movie
A village youth gets trapped inside a communist hideout with his home made timebomb and must escape before it goes off.