38th Blue Dragon Film Awards

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 The Chosun Ilbo), the annual award show honored the best in Korean language films released from October 7, 2016 to October 3, 2017.^[4]^[5]

DateNovember 25, 2017

SiteKyung Hee University's Peace Palace Hall, Seoul

Hosted byKim Hye-soo
Lee Sun-kyun

Best FilmA Taxi Driver

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38th Blue Dragon Film Awards
Date	November 25, 2017
Site	Kyung Hee University's Peace Palace Hall, Seoul
Hosted by	Kim Hye-soo Lee Sun-kyun
Highlights
Best Film	A Taxi Driver
Most awards	A Taxi Driver (3)
Most nominations	The Merciless (9)
Television coverage
Network	SBS
Duration	120 minutes
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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 Sul Kyung-gu - The Merciless	Na Moon-hee - I Can Speak‡ Gong Hyo-jin - Missing Kim Ok-vin - 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‡ Lim Yoona - 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‡
- Sul Kyung-gu - The Merciless‡

Films with multiple wins

The following films received multiple wins:

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

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Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

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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

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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]

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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

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Special performances

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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]

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Main awards

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