'Silmido' Tops 25th Blue Dragon Awards
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By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter
The blockbuster "Silmido" garnered three prizes _ Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor Award _ at the 25th Blue Dragon Awards ceremony, held in Seoul on Tuesday.
At the ceremony held at the Main Hall of the National Theater of Korea in Changchung-dong, Seoul, director Kang Woo-suk was on hand to receive the prizes for his film, a Cold War thriller based on a true story about a suicide commando unit created in the late 1960s to assassinate North Korean leader.
"I never asked actors in my movie to play their role best", said Kang in his acceptance speech on Monday. "All I told them was to take care since it was risky. And now I want to see them all".
Kang is currently filming his next movie "Another Public Enemy", a sequel for his detective drama starring Sol Kyung-gu, who also starred in both the original "Public Enemy" as well as "Silmido".
Jang Dong-gun won the best actor award for his role in "Taegukgi", while Lee Na-young received the best actress award for her role in "Someone Special".
Jang said in his congratulatory speech: "This is what I really wanted to get, so I am really happy and I thank all of staff members who worked for the film". Jang was sporting long hair, which he grew to play a pirate in his new movie "Typhoon".
Lee was in tears and nearly unable to finish her acceptance speech, visibly overcome by emotion over winning the best actress award.
The Most Popular Actor Awards went to four actors: Gang Dong-won from "Temptation of Wolves"; Kwon Sang-woo from "Once Upon A Time In Highschool"; Moon Geun-young from "My Little Bride"; and Kim Jung-eun from "How to Keep My Love".
A total of 21 movies were nominated out of 68 works that opened between Nov. 26, 2003, and Oct. 31, 2004. The selection was made by Internet users and experts on movies. An 11-member jury decided the final winners in the 16 categories.
Other Blue Dragon recipients included Jung Jae-young who received the Best Supporting Actor prize for "Silmido"; Yum Jung-ah the Best Supporting Actress prize for "The Big Swindle"; Jae See the Best New Actor prize for "3-Iron"; and Soo Ae the Best New Actress prize for "A Family". Choi Dong-hoon received awards for best script and best new director for his movie "The Big Swindle".
Staff Reporter
The blockbuster "Silmido" garnered three prizes _ Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor Award _ at the 25th Blue Dragon Awards ceremony, held in Seoul on Tuesday.
At the ceremony held at the Main Hall of the National Theater of Korea in Changchung-dong, Seoul, director Kang Woo-suk was on hand to receive the prizes for his film, a Cold War thriller based on a true story about a suicide commando unit created in the late 1960s to assassinate North Korean leader.
"I never asked actors in my movie to play their role best", said Kang in his acceptance speech on Monday. "All I told them was to take care since it was risky. And now I want to see them all".
Kang is currently filming his next movie "Another Public Enemy", a sequel for his detective drama starring Sol Kyung-gu, who also starred in both the original "Public Enemy" as well as "Silmido".
Jang Dong-gun won the best actor award for his role in "Taegukgi", while Lee Na-young received the best actress award for her role in "Someone Special".
Jang said in his congratulatory speech: "This is what I really wanted to get, so I am really happy and I thank all of staff members who worked for the film". Jang was sporting long hair, which he grew to play a pirate in his new movie "Typhoon".
Lee was in tears and nearly unable to finish her acceptance speech, visibly overcome by emotion over winning the best actress award.
The Most Popular Actor Awards went to four actors: Gang Dong-won from "Temptation of Wolves"; Kwon Sang-woo from "Once Upon A Time In Highschool"; Moon Geun-young from "My Little Bride"; and Kim Jung-eun from "How to Keep My Love".
A total of 21 movies were nominated out of 68 works that opened between Nov. 26, 2003, and Oct. 31, 2004. The selection was made by Internet users and experts on movies. An 11-member jury decided the final winners in the 16 categories.
Other Blue Dragon recipients included Jung Jae-young who received the Best Supporting Actor prize for "Silmido"; Yum Jung-ah the Best Supporting Actress prize for "The Big Swindle"; Jae See the Best New Actor prize for "3-Iron"; and Soo Ae the Best New Actress prize for "A Family". Choi Dong-hoon received awards for best script and best new director for his movie "The Big Swindle".
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