
Acting
Born January 1, 1911 · Gangwon-do, South Korea
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.

Village at the Demarcation Line
1961

A woman's story
1960

Red Flare
1960

Love the Future
1959

애국자
1959
The Road of Happiness
1956

The Miss of Guerrillas
1954

Scouts
1953

Defenders of the native land
1952

Teen Guerrillas
1951

A Hometown in Heart
1949

The Adventure of Ttolttori
1946

Dear Soldier
1944

Straits of Chosun
1943

Look Up at the Blue Sky
1943
Rural Life
1942
I Will Go
1942

Narcissus
1940