38th Blue Dragon Film Awards

South Korean Film Awards by Sports Chosun

The 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards (Korean: 제38회 청룡영화상) ceremony was held on November 25, 2017 at Kyung Hee University's Peace Palace Hall in Seoul.^[1]^[2] It was live broadcast on SBS and hosted by Kim Hye-soo and Lee Sun-kyun.^[3] Organized by Sports Chosun (a sister brand of Chosun Ilbo), the annual award show honored the best in Korean language films released from October 7, 2016 to October 3, 2017.^[4]^[5]

Nominations and winners

Complete list of nominees and winners^[1]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Main awards

Best Film	Best Director
A Taxi Driver‡ Anarchist from Colony The Fortress The King The Merciless	Kim Hyun-seok - I Can Speak‡ Byun Sung-hyun - The Merciless Hwang Dong-hyuk - The Fortress Jang Hoon - A Taxi Driver Lee Joon-ik - Anarchist from Colony
Best Leading Actor	Best Leading Actress
Song Kang-ho - A Taxi Driver‡ Jo In-sung - The King Kim Yoon-seok - The Fortress Lee Byung-hun - The Fortress Sol Kyung-gu - The Merciless	Na Moon-hee - I Can Speak‡ Gong Hyo-jin - Missing Kim Ok-bin - The Villainess Moon So-ri - The Running Actress Yum Jung-ah - The Mimic
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jin Seon-kyu - The Outlaws‡ Bae Seong-woo - The King Kim Dae-myung - Bluebeard Kim Hee-won - The Merciless Yoo Hae-jin - A Taxi Driver	Kim So-jin - The King‡ Jeon Hye-jin - The Merciless Kim Hae-sook - New Trial Lee Jung-hyun - The Battleship Island Yeom Hye-ran - I Can Speak
Best New Actor	Best New Actress
Do Kyung-soo - My Annoying Brother‡ Koo Kyo-hwan - Jane Kim Jun-han - Anarchist from Colony Nam Yeon-woo - Lost to Shame [ko] Ryu Jun-yeol - A Taxi Driver	Choi Hee-seo - Anarchist from Colony‡ Im Yoon-ah - Confidential Assignment Lee Min-ji - Jane Lee Sang-hee - Our Love Story Lee Soo-kyung - Yongsoon
Best New Director	Best Screenplay
Lee Hyun-joo - Our Love Story‡ Jo Hyun-hoon - Jane Kang Yoon-sung - The Outlaws Lee Joo-young - Single Rider Moon So-ri - The Running Actress	Hwang Dong-hyuk - The Fortress‡ Eom Yoo-na - A Taxi Driver Hwang Seong-gu - Anarchist from Colony Jo Hyun-hoon - Jane Lee Joo-young - Single Rider
Best Cinematography-Lighting	Best Editing
Jo Hyung-rae & Park Jeong-woo - The Merciless‡ Kim Ji-yong & Jo Gyu-young - The Fortress Kim Woo-hyung & Kim Seung-gyu - The King Lee Mo-gae & Lee Sung-hwan - The Battleship Island Park Jung-hoon & Lee Hae-won - The Villainess	Shin Min-kyung - The King‡ Kim Sang-beom & Kim Jae-beom - The Merciless Kim Seon-min - The Outlaws Lee Jin - Confidential Assignment Yoon Seok-min - Criminal Conspiracy [ko]
Best Art Direction	Technical Award
Lee Hoo-kyung - The Battleship Island‡ Chae Kyung-seon - The Fortress Han Ah-reum - The Merciless Jo Hwa-sung - A Taxi Driver Lee Na-gyeom - The King	Kwon Ki-deok (Stunts) - The Villainess‡ Heo Myung-haeng (Stunts) - The Outlaws Kim Han-joon & Son Seung-hyun (Visual Effects) - The Battleship Island Kim Seok-won & Moon Cheol-woo (Sound Effects) - The Mimic Shim Hyun-seop (Costumes) - Anarchist from Colony
Best Music
Jo Yeong-wook - A Taxi Driver‡ Jo Yeong-wook - Single Rider Kim Hong-jip & Lee Jin-hee - The Merciless Mowg - The King Ryuichi Sakamoto - The Fortress

Other awards

Best Short Film:
- A Hand-written Poster (Director Kwak Eun-mi)‡

Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film:
- 1st – A Taxi Driver‡
  - 2nd – Confidential Assignment
  - 3rd – Master
  - 4th – Luck Key
  - 5th – The Outlaws

Popular Star Award:
- Jo In-sung - The King‡
- Kim Su-an - The Battleship Island‡
- Na Moon-hee - I Can Speak‡
- Sol Kyung-gu - The Merciless‡

Films with multiple wins

The following films received multiple wins:

Wins	Films
3	A Taxi Driver
2	I Can Speak
2	The King

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Films
9	The Merciless
8	The King
	A Taxi Driver
	The Fortress
6	Anarchist from Colony
4	The Outlaws
	I Can Speak
	The Battleship Island
	Jane
3	Single Rider
3	The Villainess
2	The Mimic
	The Running Actress
	Confidential Assignment
	Our Love Story

Presenters

Actor Cha Tae-hyun appeared and gave a memorial speech for Late Kim Ji-young (1938–2017), Late Yoon So-jeong [ko] (1944–2017), Late Kim Young-ae (1951–2017) and Late Kim Joo-hyuk (1972–2017).^[9]^[10]^[11]

Order	Presenter	Award
1	Park Jung-min, Lee Sun-bin	Best New Actor
2	Park Hae-jin, Kim Tae-ri	Best New Actress
3	Yeon Sang-ho, Kim Su-an	Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film
4	Kim Young-kwang, Park Bo-young	Best New Director
5	Jung Jin-young	Technical Award Best Cinematography-Lighting Best Editing
6	Choi Min-ho, Kim Ji-won	Best Music Best Art Direction Best Screenplay
7	Jun Kunimura, Choi Hee-seo	Best Supporting Actor
8	Kim Sung-kyun, Park So-dam	Best Supporting Actress
9	Park Byung-eun, Esom	Best Short Film
10	Steven Yeun	Best Director
11	Lee Byung-hun, Soo Ae	Best Actor
12	Daesang's CEO Im Jeong-bae, Go Doo-shim	Best Actress
13	Shin Ha-kyun, Do Kyung-soo	Best Film

Special performances

Order	Artist	Performance	References
1	Daybreak	A Taxi Driver OST: Short Hair (단발머리) (Original: Cho Yong-pil) Only Walk The Flower Road (꽃길만 걷게 해줄게)	^[12]^[13]
2	Mamamoo	Yes I Am (나로 말할 것 같으면)	^[12]^[13]

References

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