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Nam Seung-min

Biography

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.

Known For

Red Flare
Red Flare
A woman's story
A woman's story
The Miss of Guerrillas
The Miss of Guerrillas
Village at the Demarcation Line
Village at the Demarcation Line
Narcissus
Narcissus
Look Up at the Blue Sky
Look Up at the Blue Sky
Straits of Chosun
Straits of Chosun

Filmography

1961 Village at the Demarcation Line
as Do-kyun
1960 A woman's story
as old man Liu
1960 Red Flare
as old man Choi
1959 Love the Future
as
1959 애국자
as Song Yong-sik
1956 The Road of Happiness
as Nam-goo Hwang
1954 The Miss of Guerrillas
as
1953 Scouts
as Commander of the Puppet Army Division
1952 Defenders of the native land
as Byeong-su Nam
1951 Teen Guerrillas
as Secretary of the County Committee of the Labor Party
1949 A Hometown in Heart
as Temple Cook
1946 The Adventure of Ttolttori
as
1944 Dear Soldier
as Yoshiki Hiramatsu
1943 Straits of Chosun
as Seki
1943 Look Up at the Blue Sky
as Patriot
1942 I Will Go
as
1942 Rural Life
as Kiyokawa
1940 Narcissus
as