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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

Filmography

as old man Liu
1960 Red Flare
as old man Choi
as
1959 애국자
as Song Yong-sik
as Nam-goo Hwang
1953 Scouts
as Commander of the Puppet Army Division
as Byeong-su Nam
as Secretary of the County Committee of the Labor Party
as Temple Cook
as Yoshiki Hiramatsu
as Seki
as Patriot
1942 I Will Go
as
1942 Rural Life
as Kiyokawa
1940 Narcissus
as