Blue Dragon Film Awards

The Blue Dragon Film Awards is an annual South Korean film award ceremony created in 1963 by The Chosun Ilbo newspaper and discontinued in 1973. Sports Chosun, a Korean sports daily, resurrected the ceremony in 1990 and it has been held annually since then.

The Blue Dragon Film Awards considers only blockbusters and popular movies of high artistic value released during the previous year. During the selection process, about forty movies that have made it to the final list are screened to the public for free. After the screening of each selection, the awards ceremony opens.

Awards

The categories are:

* Best Film
* Best Director
* Best New Director
* Best Leading Actor
* Best Leading Actress
* Best Supporting Actor
* Best Supporting Actress
* Best New Actor
* Best New Actress
* Best Cinematography
* Best Music
* Best Art Direction
* Technical Award
* Best Original Screenplay
* Best Lighting

Other interesting categories are the Most Popular awarded to the star that received the most Netizen votes and the Most Popular Film awarded to the movie with the highest viewership throughout the previous year. A week prior to the award ceremony, the previous year's award recipients gather for a handprint event to immortalize their Blue Dragon award.

Best Film

Ceremony - Year - Film - Director
#01 1963 Kinship - Kim Su-yong
#02 1964 Extra Human Being - Yu Hyun-mok
#03 1965 Sad Story of Self Supporting Child - Kim Su-yong
#04 1966 Market - Lee Man-hee
#05 1967 Flame in the Valley - Kim Su-yong
#06 1968 Descendents of Cain - Yu Hyun-mok
#07 1969 The Old Jar Craftsman - Choi Ha-won
#08 1971 When a Woman Breaks Her Jewel Box - Kim Su-yong
#09 1972 Oyster Village - Jeong Jin-woo
#10 1973 The Three-Day Reign - Shin Sang-ok
#11 1990 Black Republic - Park Kwang-su
#12 1991 Death Song - Kim Ho-sun
#13 1992 Our Twisted Hero - Park Jong-won
#14 1993 Sopyonje - Im Kwon-taek
#15 1994 The Taebaek Mountains - Im Kwon-taek
#16 1995 A Single Spark - Park Kwang-su
#17 1996 Festival - Im Kwon-taek
#18 1997 Green Fish - Lee Chang-dong
#19 1998 Christmas in August - Hur Jin-ho
#20 1999 Nowhere to Hide - Lee Myung-Se
#21 2000 Joint Security Area - Park Chan-wook
#22 2001 One Fine Spring Day - Heo Jin-ho
#23 2002 Chi-hwa-seon - Im Kwon-taek
#24 2003 Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring - Kim Ki-duk
#25 2004 Silmido - Kang Woo-suk
#26 2005 Sympathy for Lady Vengeance - Park Chan Wook
#27 2006 The Host - Bong Joon-ho
#28 2007 The Show Must Go On - Han Jae-rim
#29 2008 Forever the Moment - Lim Soon-rye
#30 2009 Mother - Bong Joon-ho

Best Director

Ceremony - Year - Director - Film

#01 1963 Lee Man-hee - The Marines Who Never Returned
#02 1964 Yu Hyun-mok - Extra Human Being
#03 1965 Kim Su-yong - Sad Story of Self Supporting Child
#04 1966 Lee Man-hee - Market
#05 1967 Kim Su-yong - Children in the Firing Range
#06 1968 Yu Hyun-mok - Descendents of Cain
#07 1969 Choi Ha-won - The Old Jar Craftsman
#08 1971 Kim Ki-young - Woman of Fire
#09 1972 Kim Hyo-cheon - Cattle Seller
#10 1973 Jeong Jin-woo - Viva the Island Frog
#11 1990 Jung Ji-young - Partisans of South Korea
#12 1991 Im Kwon-taek - Fly High Run Far: Kaebyok
#13 1992 Park Jong-won - Our Twisted Hero
#14 1993 Kim Yoo-jin - Love is Oh Yeah!
#15 1994 Jang Sun-woo - To You from Me
#16 1995 Park Kwang-su - A Single Spark
#17 1996 Im Kwon-taek - Festival
#18 1997 Lee Chang-dong - Green Fish
#19 1998 Hong Sang-soo - The Power of Kangwon Province
#20 1999 Kang Je-gyu - Shiri
#21 2000 Park Chan-wook - Joint Security Area
#22 2001 Song Hae-sung - Failan
#23 2002 Im Kwon-taek - Chi-hwa-seon
#24 2003 Park Chan-wook - Oldboy
#25 2004 Kang Woo-suk - Silmido
#26 2005 Park Jin-pyo - You Are My Sunshine
#27 2006 Kim Tae-Yong - Family Ties
#28 2007 Heo Jin-ho - Happiness
#29 2008 Kim Ji-woon - The Good, the Bad, and the Weird
#30 2009 Kim Yong-hwa - Take Off

Best Leading Actress

Ceremony - Year - Actress - Film

#01 1963 Hwang Jeong-sun - Kinship
#02 1964 Moon Jeung-suk - Never Look Back
#03 1965 Um Aing-ran - Beautiful Eye Pupil
#04 1966 Moon Jeung-suk - Market
#05 1967 Joo Jeung-nyeo - Flame in the Valley
#06 1968 Nam Jeong-im - Bunnyeo
#07 1969 Kim Jee-mi - Your Name is Woman
#08 1971 Yoon Yeo-jang - Woman of Fire
#09 1972 Yoon Jung-hee - Oyster Village
#10 1973 Jeong Jin-woo - Simcheong
#11 1990 Won Mi-kyung - Only Because You Are a Woman
#12 1991 Chang Mi-hee - Death Song
#13 1992 Kang Su-yeon - Road to the Racetrack
#14 1993 Kim Hye-soo - First Love
#15 1994 Choi Myung-gil - La Vie en Rose
#16 1995 Kim Hye-soo - Dr. Bong
#16 1995 Pang Eun-jin - 301, 302
#17 1996 Shim Hye-jin - The Adventures of Mrs. Park
#18 1997 Shin Eun-kyung - Downfall (Ch'ang)
#19 1998 Shim Eun-ha - Christmas in August
#20 1999 Jeon Do-yeon - The Harmonium in My Memory
#21 2000 Lee Mi-yeon - Pisces
#22 2001 Jang Jin-young - Sorum
#23 2002 Kim Yoon-jin - Milae
#24 2003 Jang Jin-young - Singles
#25 2004 Lee Na-young - Someone Special
#26 2005 Lee Young-ae - Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
#27 2006 Kim Hye-su - Tazza: The High Rollers
#28 2007 Jeon Do-yeon - Secret Sunshine
#29 2008 Son Ye-jin - My Wife Got Married
#30 2009 Ha Ji Won - Closer to Heaven

Best Leading Actor

Ceremony - Year - Actor - Film

#01 1963 Kim Seung-ho - Kinship
#02 1964 Kim Jin-kyu - Extra Human Being
#03 1965 Kim Jin-kyu - Extra Human Being
#04 1966 Shin Young-kyun - Market
#05 1967 Kim Seung-ho - Fishing Boats are Full
#06 1968 Shin Young-kyun - King's Father
#07 1969 Park No-shik - Revengeful Man
#08 1971 Choi Mu-ryong - A Facedown in 30 Years
#09 1972 Park No-shik - Cattle Seller
#10 1973 Shin Young-kyun - The Three-Day Reign
#11 1990 Ahn Sung-ki - Partisans of South Korea
#12 1991 Im Sung-min - Death Song
#13 1992 Moon Sung-geun - Road to the Racetrack
#14 1993 Kim Myung-gon - Sopyonje
#15 1994 Moon Sung-geun - To You from Me
#15 1994 Park Joong-hoon - The Rules of the Game
#16 1995 Choi Min-soo - Terrorist
#17 1996 Moon Sung-geun - A Petal
#18 1997 Han Suk-kyu - Green Fish
#19 1998 Park Shin-yang - A Promise
#20 1999 Lee Jung-jae - Our Sunny Days
#21 2000 Sol Kyung-gu - Peppermint Candy
#22 2001 Choi Min-shik - Failan
#23 2002 Sol Kyung-gu - Public Enemy
#24 2003 Choi Min-shik - Oldboy
#25 2004 Jang Dong Gun - Taegukgi
#26 2005 Hwang Jung-min - You Are My Sunshine
#27 2006 Ahn Sung-ki - Radio Star
#28 2007 Song Kang-ho - The Show Must Go On
#29 2008 Kim Yoon-seok - The Chaser
#30 2009 Kim Myung-min - Closer to Heaven