28th Blue Dragon Awards – 2007
The 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards cover Korean films released between November 2006 and October 2007.
The 28th Blue Dragon Film Award winners were announced at the National Theater of Korea in Seoul, on November 23, 2007.
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Han Jae-rim's violent gangster comedy-drama-action flick The Show Must Go On took top honors at the 28th Blue Dragon Awards. The film stars best actor winner Song Kang-ho — who also starred in last year's Blue Dragon winner, The Host — as a small-time gangster trying to land his first big deal. At home, however, the tough gangster is put in his place by his fed-up wife. As the story progresses, things take on a rather dark tone. The Blue Dragon for best actress went to Cannes Film Festival winner Jeon Do-yeon (photo, below) for her performance in Secret Sunshine, Korea's entry for this year's foreign-language film Academy Award.
BEST FILM
Voice of a Murderer, Park Jin-pyo
200 Pounds Beauty, Kim Yong-hwa
* The Show Must Go On, Han Jae-rim
Happiness, Hur Jin-ho
May 18, Kim Ji-hoon
BEST DIRECTOR
Han Jae-rim (The Show Must Go On)
* Hur Jin-ho (Happiness)
Kim Ji-hoon (May 18)
Kim Yong-hwa (200 Pounds Beauty)
Park Jin-pyo (Voice of a Murderer)
BEST ACTOR
Sol Kyung-gu (Voice of a Murderer)
* Song Kang-ho (The Show Must Go On)
Hwang Jung-min (Happiness)
Kim Sang-kyung (May 18)
Joo Jin-mo (Love)
BEST ACTRESS
* Jeon Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine)
Kim Ah-jung (200 Pounds Beauty)
Lim Soo-jung (Happiness)
Lee Yo-won (May 18)
Song Hye-kyo (Hwang Jin Yi)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Park Chul-min (May 18)
Jo Han-sun (Cruel Winter Blues)
Kim Min-joon (Love)
* Kim Sang-ho (The Happy Life)
Kim Young-cheol (My Father)
Sung Ji-ru (Paradise Murdered)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
* Na Moon-hee (Cruel Winter Blues)
Park Sol-mi (Paradise Murdered)
Park Si-yeon (Love)
Yoo Seon (Black House)
Lim Jeong-eun (Shadows in the Palace)
BEST NEW DIRECTOR
Lee Jeong-beom (Cruel Winter Blues)
Jung Brothers (Epitath)
Kim Mi-jung (Shadows in the Palace)
* Kim Han-min (Paradise Murdered)
Hwang Dong-hyeuk (My Father)
BEST NEW ACTOR
* Daniel Henney (My Father)
Rain (I'm a Cyborg, But That's Okay)
Yoo Ah-in (Shim's Family)
Lee Min-ki (A Day for an Affair)
Jang Geun-seok (The Happy Life)
BEST NEW ACTRESS
Kim Tae-hee (The Restless)
Lee Tae-ran (Love Exposure)
* Jung Ryeo-won (The Two Faces of My Girlfriend)
Han Ji-min (The Cut)
Hwang Bo-ra (Shim's Family)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Kim Yong-hwa (200 Pounds Beauty)
Han Jae-rim (The Show Must Go On)
Hur Jin-ho, Lee Soo-yeon, Seo Yoo-min, Sin Joon-ho (Happiness)
Nah Hyun (May 18)
* Kim Han-min (Paradise Murdered)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Happiness
May 18
* Epitath
Hwang Jin Yi
Paradise Murdered
BEST LIGHTING
Happiness
Epitaph
Shadows in the Palace
Black House
* Hwang Jin Yi
BEST MUSIC
200 Pounds Beauty
The Show Must Go On
Happiness
* The Happy Life
Shim's Family
BEST ART DIRECTION
May 18
The Restless
Hwang Jin Yi
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
* Epitath
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Epitath
D-WAR
Hwang Jin Yi
* The Restless
Sources: Asian Fanatics / The Hollywood Reporter
Blue Dragon Awards: 2006 2007 2008 2009
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Stockholm Film Festival Awards 2007
Moscow Film Festival Awards 2007
Mar del Plata Film Festival Awards 2007
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2007
National Board of Review Awards 2007
British Independent Film Awards 2007