
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.

Teen Guerrillas
1951

Defenders of the native land
1952

Scouts
1953

The Miss of Guerrillas
1954

A Hometown in Heart
1949

Dear Soldier
1944

애국자
1959

Love the Future
1959

Red Flare
1960

Narcissus
1940

A woman's story
1960

Look Up at the Blue Sky
1943

Village at the Demarcation Line
1961

The Adventure of Ttolttori
1946

Straits of Chosun
1943