Blue Dragon Film Awards (42nd), South Korean Film 2021
Korean Dramas and Movies 2021, The Blue Dragon Film Awards, an annual awards ceremony presented by Sports Chosun for Excellence Film in South Korea.
The awards considers only blockbusters and popular movies of high artistic value released during the previous year.
Blue Dragon Film created in 1963 by The Chosun Ilbo newspaper and discontinued in 1973. Sport Chosun, a Korean sports daily also owned by The Chosun Ilbo, resurrected the ceremony in 1990, and it has been held annually since then.
External link: Official Website
Blue Dragon Film Awards (42 nd): Catagories
Winner of the 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards
Best Film:
Escape from Mogadishu
Story:
Best Actor:
Ryoo Seung-wan/The Book of Fish
Story:
The story of Jeong Yak-yong’s brother, Jeong Yak-jeon when he was exiled to Heuksando in 1801, and meets an energetic young fisherman.
Best Actress:
Moon So-ri/Three Sisters
Story:
A story about three sisters who seem to live an ordinary life but lives in their own different ways, but memories shook everything.
Best Supporting Actress:
Kim Sun-young/Three Sister
Story:
A story about three sisters who seem to live an ordinary life but lives in their own different ways, but memories shook everything.
Best New Actor:
Jeong Jae-kwang/Not Out
Story:
A story about Gwang-ho, a baseball prospect in high school who was eliminated from the professional baseball draft which pushed him to make dangerous choices to continue playing.
Best New Actress:
Gong Seungyeon/Aloners
Story:
Jin-ah is always comfortable by herself, both at home and outside. She is uncomfortable whenever people keep on talking to her.
It is painful for her when the company had her on a 1:1 training for new employees. Then one day, she finds out that the man next door who always talked to him whenever he is on his way to and from work, died alone without anyone knowing.
After that death, there has been a small stir in Jin-ah’s still life…
Best New Director:
Park Ji-wan/The Day I Died: Unclosed Case
Story:
On a dark stormy night, a young witness to her father’s crime disappears on an island leaving her shoes on the cliff and her last will in her house. Due to the bad weather, a body has yet to be found. In the absence of the body, the case cannot be closed, but is simply dismissed as suicide. Detective Hyun-soo heads to the island to investigate the mysterious death of the girl.
Best Technical Award:
Jung Sung-jin & Jung Cheol-min/Space Sweepers
Story:
Set in 2092, “Space Sweepers” tells the story of a crew on board of The Victory trying to escape the destruction of Earth.
Popularity Award:
- Yoona
- Koo Kyo-hwan
- Song Joong-ki
- Jeon Yeo-bin
Best Short Film award:
Vacation Event
Top Box Office Seller:
- Escape from Mogadishu
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