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.
The Iron-Eating Monster
Aimless Bullet
A Drifting Story
Woman of Fire
Kinship
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
Five Marines
Ghost and Painter
The War and an Old Man
Liberal Wife '81
Woman with Long Eyelashes
North and South
View from an Alley
A Sunflower Family
A Bout in 30 Years
Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee
Red Scarf
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Way of the Body
Boxes of Death
