About
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
Village at the Demarcation Line1961 · Do-kyun
A woman's story1960 · old man Liu
Red Flare1960 · old man Choi
Love the Future1959
애국자1959 · Song Yong-sik
The Road of Happiness1956 · Nam-goo Hwang
The Miss of Guerrillas1954
Scouts1953 · Commander of the Puppet Army Division
Defenders of the native land1952 · Byeong-su Nam
Teen Guerrillas1951 · Secretary of the County Committee of the Labor Party
A Hometown in Heart1949 · Temple Cook
The Adventure of Ttolttori1946
Dear Soldier1944 · Yoshiki Hiramatsu
Straits of Chosun1943 · Seki
Look Up at the Blue Sky1943 · Patriot
Rural Life1942 · Kiyokawa
I Will Go1942
Narcissus1940