[Awards 2016] 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards | Congratulations to all the Winners !

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June 6, 2016

Director Lee takes top Baeksang honor

Source: INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily

Lee Joon-ik, director of “The Throne” (2015) and “Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet” received the highest honor from the 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards held on Friday night. [ILGAN SPORTS]

The 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards was a festive event that shined a light on a wide scope of films, dramas and actors. 

Baeksang, one of the country’s longest-running awards ceremonies, was held at Kyung Hee University, northern Seoul on Friday night and 27 directors, writers, actors and comedians were credited for their achievements. 

The highest honor in the film section went to director Lee Joon-ik who released “The Throne” last year and “Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet” this year.

Films and dramas that were released or broadcast between last April and this April were automatically nominated for the awards. 

“It’s so meaningful that I’m standing here with a film like ‘Dongju,’ which is a black-and-white, low-budget film,” said Lee, one of the big names in the country’s film scene. 

Unlike “The Throne,” made with a budget of 9.5 billion won ($8 million), “Dongju” was produced for about 600 million won. 

Lee is a commercially successful director. His recent period film “The Throne,” attracted more than 6 million moviegoers but his next move was a small film, “Dongju,” an autobiographical movie about poet Yun Dong-ju (1917-45).

While the film was about Yun, it also spotlighted his friend and rival Song Mong-kyu, who is little known to the public. 

“I want this film ‘Dongju’ to inspire young and beautiful people like Song Mong-kyu and other similar youths who lived in the era. I also hope this film would encourage today’s young people who are similar to Song.” 

Yoo Ah-in, far left, and Kim Hye-soo, second from left, received the best actor and actress awards in TV section while Jeon Do-yeon, second from right, and Lee Byung-hun grabbed the best actress and actor awards in the film section. [ILGAN SPORTS]

The grand prize at Baeksang usually goes to a film instead of a director but film critic Kim Bong-seok, one of the judges for the annual awards, told Ilgan Sports, an affiliate of the Korea JoongAng Daily, “We had many good films over the past year but none of them was excellent enough to be nominated for the top honor. We thought highly of Lee’s new attempt and challenging spirit. I would say Lee is enjoying his second heyday after the ‘King and the Clown.’” 

Lee is best known for that 2005 hit film, which attracted more than 10 million viewers. 

Actor Park Jung-min who played the role of Song in “Dongju” received the best newbie actor award, along with Park So-dam of “The Priests.” 

Lee Byung-hun of “Inside Men” and Jeon Do-yeon of “The Shameless” both received best actor and best actress awards in the film section, too. 

The grand prize in the TV section went to the drama series “Descendants of the Sun.” 

Centering on a love story of a solider and a doctor who are both dispatched to a war-torn country, the drama earned a viewership rating of 38.8 percent in April. 

With many people enjoying entertainment across various platforms including the Internet and smartphones, drama series these days rarely earn more than 15 percent of viewership so the popularity of “Descendants of the Sun” has been notable.

Song Hye-kyo and Song Joong-ki, the main protagonists of “Descendants of the Sun,” received the Star Century Popularity Award. 

Other awardees in the TV section were Yoo Ah-in of the period drama series “Six Flying Dragons” and Kim Hye-soo of the criminal drama series “Signal.” They received best actor and actress awards. 

Ryu Jun-yeol of “Reply 1988,” the biggest hit cable channel drama series this year, and Kim Go-eun of “Cheese in the Trap” snagged newbie actor and actress awards. 

BY SUNG SO-YOUNG [so@joongang.co.kr ]

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Suzy looks absolutely stunning in Baeksang Arts Awards behind the scenes!

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She is so pretty even in her casual wear.

 

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Yoon Bak looking sharp in a suit in behind the scenes of Baeksang Arts Awards!

More pictures HERE.

He just got back from filming Law of the Jungle and went straight to get ready for the award show.

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June 13, 2016

BaekSang Grand Prize Goes to Director LEE Joon-ik
ASSASSINATION, VETERAN Take Home Best Film, Director

by Pierce Conran / KoBiz

Director LEE Joon-ik was triumphant at the 52nd BaekSang Arts Awards ceremony, held in Seoul on June 3rd, where he won the Grand Prize for both of the films he has released in the last year, the big-budget period drama The Throne and the low-budget black-and-white Colonial Era drama DONGJU; The Portrait of A Poet. Director LEE won the same prize ten years ago for the period drama King And The Clown (2005).
 
The Best Film Prize went to the Colonial Era action-thriller Assassination, from director CHOI Dong-hoon, who has previously won the Grand Prize and Best Director awards at the event for Tazza: The High Rollers (2006). This year’s Best Director prize went to RYOO Seung-wan for the crime thriller Veteran, the most successful Korean film of last year.
 
LEE Byung-hun won his fifth BaekSang award for his leading performance in the political thriller Inside Men, which earlier this year won him the same prize from the Asian Film Awards. He previously won the Best Actor in Film prize in 2006 for A Bittersweet Life and has also won the Best Actor in TV prize for Son of Wind, All In and IRIS. Meanwhile, JEON Do-yeon won her third Best Actress prize for Cannes-Invited romantic thriller The Shameless, following A Promise (1998) and I Wish I Had a Wife (2001).
 
Best Supporting Actor went to LEE Gyoung-young for his part in the judicial thriller The Unfair, while LA Mi-ran won the female counterpart for her role in mountaineering drama The Himalayas. DONGJU; The Portrait of A Poet co-star PARK Jung-min came away with the Best New Actor prize and Best New Actress was claimed by PARK So-dam of the exorcism thriller The Priests.
 
The New Director prize went to HAN Jun-hee for his Cannes-invited female gangster thriller Coin Locker Girl. AHN Gooc-jin earned the Best Screenplay accolade for his Korean Academy of Film Arts graduation project Alice In Earnestland.

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Source: Seoul.co.kr

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