[Movie 2014] The Admiral: Roaring Currents 명량

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51st Grand Bell Awards (Daejong Film Awards) was held yesterday and this movie is the big winner. Congratulations to Choi Min Sik, director-nim and everyone that involved.
Best Picture: Roaring CurrentsBest Actor: Choi Min-shikBest Technical Award: Yoon Dae-Won, Kang Tae-kyunPlanning: Kim Han-min
Choi Min Sik

Kim Han Min

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"Roaring Currents," which drew more than 17 million viewers, was named best film at this year's Daejong Film Awards on Friday. The best actor award went to Choi Min-sik, who starred in the film.

The war movie, based on the story of Korean history's most astonishing military victory by Admiral Yi Sun-shin, became the most commercially successful film in Korea shortly after its release in late July.

But other films took their share of the spotlight, with several awards being shared. 

"The Attorney", loosely based on former President Roh Moo-hyun, won four awards, including best new director, best screenplay and best supporting actress. "A Hard Day" earned awards for directing, lighting and cinematography.

Son Ye-jin who starred in "The Pirates," won the award for best actress.

englishnews@chosun.com / Nov. 24, 2014 11:33 KST

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ROARING CURRENTS Tops 51st Daejong Film Awardsby Pierce Conran /  Nov 24, 2014 Korean Film Biz Zone  CHOI Min-sik, SON Ye-jin Take Acting Honors  
Roaring Currents, the most successful Korean film of all time, continued its victory parade by claiming no less than four awards at the 51st Daejong (Grand Bell) Film Awards, which took place in Seoul on Friday, November 21st. Other big winners of the night included the political drama The Attorney from last year and the thriller A Hard Day, both of which netted three awards. The naval period blockbuster, which was seen by 17.6 million spectators domestically (which represents one in three Korean citizens) swept up the Best Film prize, as well as best actor for CHOI Min-sik, who portrayed the legendary Admiral YI Sun-shin, and the Best Technical and Planning Awards. Taking the Best Actress prize was SON Ye-jin for her turn in the swashbuckling hit The Pirates, in which she was cast against type as a battle-hardened pirate. The supporting category prizes were taken by KIM Young-ae of The Attorney and SON’s The Pirates co-star YU Hae-jin. Meanwhile, JYJ member PARK Yoo-chun and LIM Ji-yeon were named Best New Actor and Actress for their parts in Haemoo and Obsessed. KIM Seong-hun took home Best Director for A Hard Day, while YANG Woo-suk and YOON Hyun-ho picked up the Best Screenplay prize for The Attorney. YANG also earned the Best New Director award. Among the night’s technical awards, A Hard Day earned accolades for Best Cinematography (KIM Tae-sung) and Best Lighting (KIM Kyung-suk), SHIN Min-kung won Best Editing for The Divine Move, CHO Hwa-sung triumphed in Best Art Direction for The Fatal Encounter and CHO Sang-kyung was recognised in the Costume Design category for Kundo: Age of the Rampant. In addition, Mowg was awarded Best Music for the Lunar New Year hit Miss Granny. Following his recent retrospective at the Busan International Film Festival, classic Korean filmmaker JUNG Jin-woo was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. On the opposite side of the spectrum, new faces IM Si-wan (The Attorney), Kim Woo-bin (Friend: The Great Legacy), Honey LEE (Tazza: The Hidden Card) shared the Hana Financial Group Star Award. Roaring Currents’ Best Film and Actor wins represent the third time running that a blockbuster custom drama has earned those awards at Daejong, following HAN Jae-rim’s The Face Reader (9.13 million admissions) and CHOO Chang-min’s Masquerade (12.32 million admissions), featuring SONG Kang-ho and LEE Byung-hun, respectively.
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'Roaring Currents' takes 4 trophies at Daejong Awards By Baek Byung-yeul The period action movie "Roaring Currents" was the big winner at the 51st Daejong (Grand Bell) Film Awards, Korea's oldest cinema awards, taking home four trophies including Best Film and Best Actor, on Nov. 21. Since it was released in July, "Roaring Currents" has made box office history. The story of Admiral Yi Sun-shin's dramatic victory over Japanese naval forces in the late 16th century has become Korea's highest-grossing film, with more than 17 million people having seen it. "A film has a function that to show our reality without making any adjustments . . . I sincerely hope ‘Roaring Currents' gives audiences a rest (and helps them be at peace with each other," director Kim Han-min said in his acceptance speech. Choi Min-sik, who won the Best Actor prize for his starring role as the admiral, gave credit to his co-actors, saying, "I would like to express my gratitude to about 60 supporting actors who worked together without a hitch, despite many injuries." "The Attorney," which was expected to be a strong competitor of with 11 nominations, won three prizes awards — Best Supporting Actress, Best Screenplay and Best New Director. Noir thriller "A Hard Day" also won three awards — Best Director, Best Lighting and Best Cinematography. Actress Son Ye-jin won the Best Actress award for her starring role in the period adventure "The Pirates." Park Yoo-chun, a member of pop band JYJ, and actress Lim Ji-yeon took home the Best New Actor and Best New Actress awards. baekby@ktimes.co.kr Korea Times

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Congratulations once again to Director Kim. He won Best Director and this movie also got Biggest Grossing Movie Award for the 35th Blue Dragon Awards.

This movie also been nominated in these categories:- Best Film- Best Actor : Choi Min-Sik - Best Cinematography & Lighting : Kim Tae-Sung & Kim Gyung-Suk - Best Music : Kim Tae-Sung- Best Art Design : Jang Choon-Sub- Best Technical Award : Yoon Dae-Won

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[Photo] Choi Min Shik attends 'Blue Dragon Film Awards'
On December 17th, actor Choi Min Shik attended 'The 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards,' which was held at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul.


Actress Kim Hye Soo and actor Yoo Jun Sang, who have participated in Blue Dragon Film Awards as MCs for three consecutive years, emceed this year's awards as well.
Awards were distributed under 18 different categories during this year's Blue Dragon Film Awards, and movie 'The Attorney' were nominated under 'Best Film,' 'Best Main Actor,' Best Main Actress,' Best New Director,' and 'Best Scenario,' and 'Roaring Currents' and 'A Hard Day' were nominated under seven different categories together.
Meanwhile, 'The 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards' was live-broadcasted on channel SBS from 5:40 PM.
http://en.starnnews.com/news/index.html?no=347031

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“Roommate” Releases Parody Movie Posters
The popular SBS variety show “Roommate” has shown its support for the 2014 SBS Entertainment Awards by releasing eye-catching movie parody posters featuring its cast members.
On December 30, the staff of “Roommate” released through its official Twitter account two parody movie posters that definitely made fans of the show do a double take.


One of the posters featured Park Joon Hyung in a space suit as parody of the movie “Interstellar” while Otani Ryohei donned a traditional Korean warrior’s outfit as parody of the movie “Roaring Currents.”
The two looked very convincing in the parody posters as they not only dressed the part but also completed the look with their facial expressions.
The staff of “Roommate” released the two posters as encouragement for the show’s fans to watch tonight’s airing of the 2014 SBS Entertainment Awards where the whole cast of the show attended to support their co-members Seo Kang Joon, GOT7′s Jackson Wang, and Bae Jong Ok who were nominated for the Best Male and Female Rookie Award.


The group’s support didn’t go in vain because GOT7′s Jackson took home the Best Male Rookie Award while Bae Jong Ok copped the Best Female Rookie Award at the 2014 SBS Entertainment Awards.
http://www.soompi.com/2014/12/30/roommate-releases-parody-movie-posters/
For Ryohei poster, I think they just changed the wording because the picture still the same.

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′KOFRA′ Film Awards
The KOFRA Film Awards, hosted by the Korea Film Reporters Association, reviewed a total of 134 films from in and outside of Korea and selected winners based on the votes of associated reporters. The Korean Film Reporters Association holds 48 news outlets and 67 film reporters as members.


◇Winners List
▲Best Picture = Han Gong Ju▲Best Director = Kim Sung Hoon (A Hard Day)▲Best Actor = Choi Min Sik (The Admiral: Roaring Currents)▲Best Actress = Chun Woo Hee (Han Gong Ju)▲Best Supporting Actor = Yu Hae Jin (The Pirates) ▲Best Supporting Actress = Jo Yeo Jeong (Obsessed) ▲Best New Actor = Park Yoo Chun (Sea Fog) ▲Best New Actress = Lee Yoo Young (Spring) ▲Best Independent Film = My Love, Don′t Cross that River▲Best Foreign Film = Interstellar▲Discovery of the Year = Chun Woo Hee▲Movie Man of the Year = Myung Film CEO Shim Jae Myung▲Movie Reporter Award = Munhwa Ilbo Reporter Ahn Ji Young ▲PR Award= hohohobeach Head Lee Chae Hyun
http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/86343/jyjs-park-yoo-chun-takes-home-best-new-actor-award-at-kofra-film-awards

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“The Admiral” and “Ode to My Father” Achieve Box Office Success in North America
The Korean films “The Admiral” and “Ode to My Father” were both amongst the top ten highest-grossing foreign films in North America in 2014.
“The Admiral” brought in $2,590,000 USD in North American box office sales, while “Ode to My Father” earned $2,280,000 USD.


This is the first time in eight years that a Korean film has seized a spot on the list of the top ten foreign films in North America. The last film to do so was “The Host,” which came in seventh place in 2007. It is also the first time ever that two Korean films have appeared on the list in one year.
“The Admiral” was released in North America two weeks after it opened in Korea, and “Ode to My Father” appeared in North American theaters only a week after it premiered in Korea. According to a representative of CJ E&M, the company that distributed the films to North America, this meant that domestic Korean marketing for the films was able to influence North American audiences. Rather than having to wait several months after being exposed to Korean advertisements, North Americans were able to see the film almost right away in local theaters.
http://www.soompi.com/2015/03/25/the-admiral-and-ode-to-my-father-achieve-box-office-success-in-north-america/

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The nominations are out for the 51st Baeksang Art Awards, with the ceremony scheduled for May 26th.
This movie got nominations in few categories as follow. All the best.
Best Film : The Admiral: Roaring CurrentsBest Actor : Choi Min Shik – The Admiral: Roaring CurrentsBest Supporting Actress : Lee Jung Hyun – The Admiral: Roaring Currents
http://koalasplayground.com/2015/04/26/nominations-are-out-for-the-51st-baeksang-art-awards/

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The 51st Baeksang Ar​ts Awards Announce Winners, Choi Min Sik and Nah Young Suk Win Grand Prizes

The 51st Baeksang Arts Awards, which celebrate excellency in both film and television, announced their winners on May 26. The grand award for film went to actor Choi Min Sik for his role in the highest-grossing Korean film of all time, “Roaring Currents,” while the grand award for television went to producer Nah Young Suk for his work on variety shows such as “Youth over Flowers” and “Three Meals a Day“. The full list of the winners of the night is as follows:

Movie Categories:

Grand Award – Choi Min Sik (“Roaring Currents”)
Best Film – ” Revivre”
Best Director – Kim Sung Hoon (“A Hard Day“)
Best Lead Actor – Lee Sun Kyun, Jo Jin Woong (“A Hard Day”)
Best Lead Actress – Yeom Jung Ah (“Cart“)
Best Supporting Actor – Yoo Hae Jin (“Pirates“)
Best Supporting Actress – Kim Ho Jung (“Revivre”)
Best New Actor – Park Yoo Chun (“Haemoo“)
Best New Actress – Chun Woo Hee (“Han Gongju“)
Best New Director – Jung Joo Ri (“A Girl at My Door“)
Best Screenplay – Kim Kyung Chan (“Cart”)
Male Popularity Award – Lee Min Ho (“Gangnam 1970“)
Female Popularity Award – Park Shin Hye (“The Royal Tailor“)

http://www.soompi.com/2015/05/26/the-51st-baeksang-arts-awards-announce-winners-choi-min-sik-and-nah-young-suk-win-grand-prizes/