The beginning of Shin Seong-il and Um Ang-ran ♥..Director Jeong Jin-woo, 'Youngest Debut as Chungmu', dies, he was 88 years old

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Director Jeong Jin-woo, who led the film industry in the 1969s, died. He was 88.

According to the movie industry and the bereaved family on the 8th, director Chung closed his eyes at a nursing hospital in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, around 8 p.m. that day.

The deceased suffered a fall accident while walking his dog more than two months ago and has been hospitalized at a university hospital. It is reported that he has not recovered his health after being infected with COVID-19.

Chung Jin-woo was born in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province in 1938. Although he graduated from Chung-Ang University's law department, he dreamed of becoming an actor in the theater department. At that time, he appeared as a minor actor in a work introduced by the late actor Choi Moo-ryong, a member of the same department and theater department. Choi Moo-ryong is also the father of actor Choi Min-soo.

Later, at the age of 24, he appeared like a comet in Chungmuro in 1963, making the movie "The Only Son," starring Choi Moo-ryong and Kim Ji-mi. The following year, he directed "Betrayal" (1964), starring the late Shin Sung-il and Um Ang-ran. This work can be said to be the starting point for Shin Seong-il and Um Ang-ran to form a relationship between the couple.

In addition, director Jeong Jin-woo won nine categories at the 19th Daejong Film Festival, including Best Actress, Best Actor, and Best Cinematography, with his masterpiece "Cuckoo Crying at Night" (1980). "I cried with my parrot" (1981) won six awards at the 20th Grand Bell Awards Film Festival.

The deceased founded the Korea Film Directors Association in 1967 and established the Film Welfare Foundation in 1984. In 1985, he served as the president of the Korean Film Association.

In 1993, he was awarded the Order of Merit for Arts and Culture by the French government at the Cannes Film Festival.

He is survived by his wife, a son, and two daughters. The mortuary will be set up at Samsung Medical Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul.

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