Biography
Born in Gangwon-do in 1911, his real name is Nam Tae-won. In 1935, he entered the film industry with a small role in director Bang Han-jun's Sprinkler. Afterwards, he appeared in Lee Gyu-hwan's A New Beginning (1939) and Kim Yu-young's Daffodil (1940). He appeared in a number of propaganda and cultural films, including Choi In-gyu's Children of the Sun (1944) and Kyung-kyun Shin's Our War (1945). After liberation, he appeared in director Lee Kyu-hwan's The Adventures of Smart (1946) and director Yoon Yong-gyu's Hometown of the Heart (1949). He defected to North Korea during the Korean War.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Village at the Demarcation Line
Character: Do-kyun
MOVIE • 1961
A woman's story
Character: old man Liu
MOVIE • 1960
Red Flare
Character: old man Choi
MOVIE • 1960
Love the Future
Character:
MOVIE • 1959
애국자
Character: Song Yong-sik
MOVIE • 1959
The Road of Happiness
Character: Nam-goo Hwang
MOVIE • 1956
The Miss of Guerrillas
Character:
MOVIE • 1954
Scouts
Character: Commander of the Puppet Army Division
MOVIE • 1953
Defenders of the native land
Character: Byeong-su Nam
MOVIE • 1952
Teen Guerrillas
Character: Secretary of the County Committee of the Labor Party
MOVIE • 1951
A Hometown in Heart
Character: Temple Cook
MOVIE • 1949
The Adventure of Ttolttori
Character:
MOVIE • 1946
Dear Soldier
Character: Yoshiki Hiramatsu
MOVIE • 1944
Straits of Chosun
Character: Seki
MOVIE • 1943
Look Up at the Blue Sky
Character: Patriot
MOVIE • 1943
I Will Go
Character:
MOVIE • 1942
Rural Life
Character: Kiyokawa
MOVIE • 1942
Narcissus
Character:
MOVIE • 1940