2009 Blue Dragon Awards
2009 Blue Dragon Awards – Nominations: Nov. 14, 2009
2009 Blue Dragon Award Winners: KBS Hall in Seoul on Dec. 2, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Directed by Joon-ho Bong, Mother chronicles the fight of a middle-aged mother to clear the name of her son, accused of a vicious crime. Mother is South Korea's submission for the 2010 best foreign language film Academy Awards.
Best Film
Take Off – Yong-hwa Kim
Good Morning President – Jang Jin
* Mother – Joon-ho Bong
Thirst – Chan-wook Park
Haeundae – Je-gyun Yun
Best Director
* Yong-hwa Kim – Take Off
Jang Jin – Good Morning President
Joon-ho Bong – Mother
Chan-wook Park – Thirst
Je-gyun Yun – Haeundae
Best New Director
* Hyeong-cheol Kang – Scandal Makers
Keon-hong Park – Lifting King Kong
Ik-jun Yang – Breathless
Yong-ju Lee – Possessed
Ki-hun Jeong – Aeja
Best Actor
* Myeong-min Kim – Closer to Heaven
Yun-seok Kim – Running Turtle
Kang-ho Song – Thirst
Dong-Kun Jang – Good Morning President
Jung-woo Ha – Take Off
Best Actress
Ok-bin Kim – Thirst
Ha-Neul Kim – My Girlfriend is an Agent
Hye-ja Kim – Mother
Kang-hee Choi – Aeja
* Ji-won Ha – Closer to Heaven
Best Supporting Actor
In-kwon Kim – Haeundae
Dong-il Song – Take Off
Ha-kyun Shin – Thirst
Min-ki Lee – Haeundae
* Jin Ku – Mother
Best Supporting Actress
Bo-yeon Kim – Possessed
Yeong-ae Kim – Aeja
* Hae-suk Kim – Thirst
Yeong-nam Jang – My Girlfriend is an Agent
Ja-Hyeon Chu – Portrait of a Beauty
Best New Actor
Mu-yeol Kim – The Scam
Ji-seok Kim – Take Off
Chang-ui Song – Once Upon a Time in Seoul
* Ik-jun Yang – Breathless
Jae-woong Choi – The Sword With No Name
Best New Actress (tie)
Hye-won Kang – Haeundae
* Kot-bi Kim – Breathless
* Bo-yeong Park – Scandal Makers
Woo-seon Seon – Running Turtle
Yeon-seo Oh – A Blood Pledge
Best Original Screenplay
Yong-hwa Kim – Take Off
Eun-kyo Park, Joon-ho Bong – Mother
* Yong-ju Lee – Possessed
Hae-jun Lee – Castaway on the Moon
Ki-hun Jeong – Aeja
Best Cinematography
Yeong-ho Kim – Haeundae
* Hyeon-cheol Park – Take Off
Jeong-hoon Jeong – Thirst
Hyeon-ki Choi – A Frozen Flower
Kyeong-pyo Hong – Mother
Best Lighting
Song-kyu Kim – Portrait of a Beauty
Hyeon-won Park – Thirst
Ji-won Yun – A Frozen Flower
Seol-hwan Lee – Take Off
* Cheol-su Choi, Dong-sun Park – Mother
Best Music
Jun-seok Kim – Scandal Makers
Ki-heon Park – Closer to Heaven
Byeong-woo Lee – Mother
Jae-hak Lee – Take Off
* Yeong-ok Jo – Thirst
Best Art Direction
Ki-cheol Kim – A Frozen Flower
Eon-ok Min – The Sword With No Name
Seong-hee Ryu – Thirst
Ha-jun Lee – Portrait of a Beauty
* Hwa-seong Jo, Hyeon-seok Choi – Private Eye
Technical Award
A Frozen Flower – Costume
Private Eye – Make-up
Take Off
* Haeundae – Special Effects
Chaw – Special Effects
Best Short Film
* Gookyeong
Honored Popularity Award
Lee Byung-heon, Ha Jung-woo, Ha Ji-won, Choi Kang-hee
Special Award
Jang Jin-young
Sources: Asian Media Wiki (nominations); koreanfilm.org (winners)
