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By Woo Jae-yeon
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- The historical drama "12.12: The Day" won Best film at the 45th Blue Dragon Film Awards on Friday, with its lead actor, Hwang Jung-min, taking home the Best Actor award.
Directed by Kim Sung-su, the film depicts the gripping nine-hour standoff on Dec. 12, 1979, between Chun Doo-kwang (portrayed by Hwang), the mastermind behind a military coup as head of the Defense Security Command, and Lee Tae-shin (Jung Woo-sung), the Capital Defense Commander who bravely opposes the coup at great personal risk.
Kim Go-eun was awarded Best Actress for her performance in the supernatural thriller "Exhuma" while director Jang Jae-hyun received the Best Director award.
"Exhuma" follows two shamans, a feng shui expert and a mortician as they team up to investigate a series of mysterious events plaguing a wealthy family living in the United States. Their investigation leads them to a remote Korean village, where they uncover secrets by exhuming the grave of the family's ancestor.
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Jung Hae-in won Best Supporting Actor for his role as the villain in Ryoo Seung-wan's crime action "I, the Executioner," while Lee Sang-hee took home Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Seon-joo, an ethnic Korean character living in China, in Netflix's original Korean film "My Name is Loh Kiwan."
The Best New Actor award went to Noh Sang-hyun for his portray of a gay man in the coming-of-age drama "Love in the Big City" and Park Joo-hyun earned Best New Actress for her role in the thriller "Drive."
The Blue Dragon Film Awards is one of the country's most prestigious film honors. Established in 1963 the awards were discontinued in 1973 but resumed in 1990 and have been held annually ever since.
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