Bo Ba Ko

Bo Ba Ko (Burmese: ဗိုလ်ဗကို; born Ba Ko (ဗကို), was one of the revolutionary leader in Fascist Japan Revolution and two-time  Myanmar Academy Award winning film actor, military service, writer, film director, and University lecturer in Myanmar.

Bo Ba Ko was born on 11 December 1919 in Mandalay to U Than and Daw Tint. In 1941, he achieved the Academy of Arts (Honors) from the University of Yangon by the first phase.

Later he joined the Burmese Independence Army and was involved in the struggle for independence. He had retired as Major army in 1951 after independence. He had been received Zayakyawhtin Medal and Wannakyawhtin Medal by the government.

After, he received a law degree. In 1955, he received a master's degree from The United States Yale University. In 1958, he received the Star of Independence (the second tier) due to be carried out seeking independence.

In Myanmar, he became actor at first Panorama film of Hollywood. In 1970 and 1971, he won the Myanmar Academy Awards for the "Thida Pyone"(Thida smile) and "Turn the World"(Ta Kwae Ta Kabar) movies. Since 1976, he had worked as the vice president of the organizing committee of Film Council, as the external examiner of Yangon University, Mandalay University, Pathein University and Mawlamyine College. And then, he served as Linguistics teacher at the Myanmar Department of University of Yangon.

He died at Yangon on 22 June 1985 at the age of 65.