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Im Seo-bin was a playwright and director who was mainly active during the Japanese colonial period.

Life
Most personal information, such as birth year, birth place, and real name, remains unknown. It is not clear when the play began. The organization of an entertainment company in Wonsan-bu, Hamgyongnam-do in 1930 is the first official record of activities revealed.

In 1930, he participated in the Joseon Theater History led by Ji Doo-han as an exclusive writer, and also participated in the theater market of Moon Soo-il, the father of Moon Ye-bong. Joseon Theater History and Theater Market have published many works as prolific artists.

In 1931, he briefly worked at the Chinese and foreign theaters after passing through the theater Shinmudae, and in 1932, he founded the Theater Arts Center. The Arts Center was a theater company specializing in musical theater, but it was not easy to operate. Im Seo-bang returned to the new stage and founded the theater in 1934. Around this time, the presentation of the play was stopped.

Lim Seo-bang's wife was singer Cincanaria, whom she met during her tour Since the late 1930s, Im Seo-bang has devoted himself to the management of the theater company, focusing on local tour performances of the musical troupe along with the Cincanaria. However, at the end of the Japanese colonial period, there was a feud with the Cincanaria and separated, and the musical troupe was also dissolved.

When the Women's Gugak Club, a women's Gukgeuk performance group, was organized after the end of the Pacific War, he joined the group and took charge of the theater company's actual affairs. Since 1947, when she was in charge of planning the Women's Gugak Club, her whereabouts have been unknown. There is a theory that he was kidnapped from Seoul at the beginning of the Korean War in 1950 and went to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.