The 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards () ceremony was held on November 25, 2017 at Kyung Hee University's Peace Palace Hall in Seoul. It was live broadcast on SBS and hosted by Kim Hye-soo and Lee Sun-kyun. 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.
Nominations and winners
Complete list of nominees and winners
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().
Main awards A Taxi Driver Anarchist from Colony The Fortress The King The MercilessKim 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 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 MercilessNa 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 Jin Seon-kyu - The Outlaws Bae Seong-woo - The King Kim Dae-myung - Bluebeard Kim Hee-won - The Merciless Yoo Hae-jin - A Taxi DriverKim 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 Do Kyung-soo - My Annoying Brother Koo Kyo-hwan - Jane Kim Jun-han - Anarchist from Colony Nam Yeon-woo - Ryu Jun-yeol - A Taxi DriverChoi Hee-seo - Anarchist from Colony Lim Yoona - Confidential Assignment Lee Min-ji - Jane Lee Sang-hee - Our Love Story Lee Soo-kyung - Yongsoon 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 ActressHwang 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 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 VillainessShin Min-kyung - The King Kim Sang-beom & Kim Jae-beom - The Merciless Kim Seon-min - The Outlaws Lee Jin - Confidential Assignment Yoon Seok-min - 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 KingKwon 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
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:
Wins Films 3 A Taxi Driver 2 I Can Speak 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 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 (1944–2017), Late Kim Young-ae (1951–2017) and Late Kim Joo-hyuk (1972–2017).
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 AwardBest Cinematography-LightingBest Editing 6 Choi Min-ho, Kim Ji-won Best MusicBest Art DirectionBest 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 ()Only Walk The Flower Road() 2 Mamamoo Yes I Am ()
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