
Acting
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.

A woman's story
1960

Village at the Demarcation Line
1961

Teen Guerrillas
1951

Red Flare
1960

Defenders of the native land
1952

Scouts
1953

The Miss of Guerrillas
1954

Love the Future
1959

애국자
1959

Dear Soldier
1944

A Hometown in Heart
1949

Look Up at the Blue Sky
1943

Straits of Chosun
1943

The Adventure of Ttolttori
1946

Narcissus
1940