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.
18 movies
Village at the Demarcation Line
1961·0.0
A woman's story
1960·0.0
Red Flare
1960·0.0
Love the Future
1959·7.0
애국자
1959·0.0
The Road of Happiness
1956·9.0
The Miss of Guerrillas
1954·0.0
Scouts
1953·7.0
Defenders of the native land
1952·0.0
Teen Guerrillas
1951·6.2
A Hometown in Heart
1949·7.4
The Adventure of Ttolttori
1946·0.0
Dear Soldier
1944·8.0
Straits of Chosun
1943·0.0
Look Up at the Blue Sky
1943·0.0
I Will Go
1942·0.0
Rural Life
1942·0.0
Narcissus
1940·0.0