Nam Seung-min
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 Hometown in Heart
as Temple CookAn orphan left in the care of a Buddhist temple becomes attached to a young widow who arrives...
Movie pageDear Soldier
as Yoshiki HiramatsuTwo Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their...
Movie pageStraits of Chosun
as SekiA Japanese-speaking family in occupied Korea deal with the war.
Movie pageDefenders of the native land
as Byeong-su NamThe plot revolves around a pair of hunters, Moonil Lee and Sun-deok Kim, who wage an armed...
Movie pageTeen Guerrillas
as Secretary of the County Committee of the Labor PartyA group of boys decide to form a guerrilla unit in order to sabotage and spy on the American...
Movie pageLook Up at the Blue Sky
as PatriotA pro-Japanese film showing the bravery of soldiers defending the country and promoting the...
Movie pageScouts
as Commander of the Puppet Army DivisionThe film tells the story of a small group of the Korean People's Army, led by Hakcheol Lee,...
Movie pageNarcissus
as uncreditedThe heroine, a girl of marriageable age named Yu, married a thirteen-year-old fiancé, but he...
Movie pageThe Miss of Guerrillas
as uncreditedAgainst the backdrop of the time when North Korea was fighting the war for the liberation of the...
Movie pageVillage at the Demarcation Line
as Do-kyunEnemy Brigadier Seung Jin secretly intimidates Song-nie and the other village women, hoping that...
Movie pageRed Flare
as old man ChoiAbout the struggle of the National Liberation Army of Korea against South Korean mercenaries,...
Movie pageA woman's story
as old man LiuAbout the heroic struggle of the Chinese people against the Japanese invaders in the 1930s. In...
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