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.
Marine Battleground
1963
Lim Kkeok-jeong
1961
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
1972
Wonsullang
1961
The Moral of Youth
1960
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
1972
A Revival
1960
View from an Alley
1962
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
1972
Way of the Body
1959
North and South
1965
There is No Tragedy
1959
Life of the Woman
1957
A Sunflower Family
1961
Great Monk Wonhyo
1962
A Little Star
1975
A guilty woman
1971
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
1966
Weeds
1973
A Second Mother
1972
Woman with Long Eyelashes
1970
Woman of Fire
1971
Liberal Wife '81
1981
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1971
Azaleas Of My Hometown
1973
The War and an Old Man
1962
A Drifting Story
1960
Kinship
1963
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
1964
Border Line
1964
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
1959
The Enemy of Woman
1956
Aimless Bullet
1961
I'll Follow My Husband
1971
A Bout in 30 Years
1971
Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon
1959
Leaving in the rain
1971
Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee
1973