Korean movie “Secret Sunshine” (밀양; Milyang) is the biggest winner with 3 major awards (complete list). Below are some pics from the event…

Hong Kong actor Tony Leung (best actor) and Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon (best actress)

Hong Kong based pop duo 2R

Taiwanese actor Chang Chen and Korean actress Song Hye-kyo

Hong Kong artists Kate Tsui and Miriam Yeung

Taiwanese actress Shu Qi and Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun

Chinese actress Joan Chen (best supporting actress)

Japanese actress Mika Nakatani and Korean actor Song Kang-ho

(Image via Dayoo, K-popped, Qq and Sohu)

The 6th Korean Film Awards was held last Saturday (Dec 1) in Seoul. “Secret Sunshine” (밀양; Milyang) was the biggest winner of the night, bagging the best movie, best director (Lee Chang-dong), best actor (Song Kang-ho) and best actress (Jeon Do-yeon) awards.

The winning trio from “Secret Sunshine”…
(L-R) Song Kang-ho, Jeon Do-yeon and Lee Chang-dong

Hostess for the event… Son Yun-ah

Best actress Jeon Do-yeon

Cho Seung-woo and Kim Hye-soo

Kim Tae-hee and Sol Kyung-gu

Son Yeh-jin and Kim Myung-min

Daniel Henney, winner of best newcomer (male) award

Han Chae-young

Jo In-sung

Kim Ah-joong

Joo Jin-mo

Son Tae-young

Jang Geun-suk

Chu Ja-hyun

Image credits as labeled, with reference from Ganjjang and Popseoul.

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“The Show Must Go On” won the best movie and best actor award (Song Kang-ho); best director is won by Hur Jin-ho with “Happiness”; while Jeon Do-yeon, as expected, won the best actress with “Secret Sunshine”.

Below are pictures from the event (red carpet mostly)…

Best actor Song Kang-ho and best actress Jeon Do-yeon

Best supporting actor Kim Sang-ho and best supporting actress Nah Moon-hee

Kim Tae-hee and her co-star in movie “Ssawoom”, Sol Kyung-gu

Kim Ha-neul and Yoon Kye-sang

Kim So-yeon and Kim Kang-woo

Jang Geun-suk and Cho Han-sun

Choi Yeo-jin and Jeong Ryeo-won

Joo Jin-mo and Kim Min-joon

Park Si-yeon and Lim Jung-eun

Lee Min-ki and Shin Hyun-jun

Image credits as labeled, with reference from Ganjjang, K-popped and Popseoul.

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Themed as a monster movie, The Host offers a lot more than horror; in fact it hardly qualified as a horror movie… as it combines comedy, dark humor, suspense, action and just a bit of horror that was enough to scare kindergarten kids.

The movie was directed by Bong Joon-ho; and starred Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il, Bae Du-na and Ko Ah-seong etc.

The Host Synopsis

Year 2000, a US researcher commanded his Korean assistant to dispose formaldehyde down the drain and into Seoul’s Han River (based on a real incident, the rest is fiction obviously).

The Host

The story then shifted to present with the Park family. Park Hee-bong was the old father, who made a living with his eldest (and a bit useless) son Gang-du selling groceries near the Han River. Hyun-seo was Gang-du’s daughter and stayed with her father and grandfather.

Then a monster appeared from the Han River, killing people and dragging people into the river. Gang-du showed some heroic act to save others, but could not save his daughter Hyun-seo from being grabbed by the monster.

Hee-bong and Gang-du thought that Hyun-seo was dead, and the news spread to Nam-joo and Nam-il, Gang-du’s younger sister and brother. Then came the surprise, as Gang-du received a phone call from Hyun-seo calling for help… she was still alive.

Gang-du and family tried to get assistance from Korean military to save Hyun-seo, but the government officials thought that Gang-du was hallucinating, and quarantined him fearing that he might be infected with some diseases caused by his close contact with the monster.

Gang-du and family had to escape from the military and pursue the monster themselves to save Hyun-seo…

The best selling point of the movie is perhaps on the unpredictability; it surprised me again and again with its plots when I first watch the movie. Another factor for its record-breaking in Korea was the teasing towards the Korean and US government; non-Koreans might not have the rapport though, but it was still a very good movie… a must watch if you ask me.