Blue Dragon Award Finalists" Jo In-sung and Goo Kyo-hwan set a record for double nominations for "Best Actor + Supporting Actor"

The nominees for the 47th Blue Dragon Awards, an annual event in the South Korean film industry, were announced today (28th). The famous director Na Hongzhen's hit masterpiece "Hope: The End of the World" (HOPE), which was released in 10 years, swept 10 nominations including best picture, director, and actor. Feng Guang became the winner of this year's nominations, and Jo In-sung even made a strong bid for the Best Actor with this film.

Directed by Lee Chang-dong and starring Jeon Do-yeon and Seol Kyung-gu, "If Love Is Like" followed closely behind with 8 nominations; this year's box office masterpiece "The King's Man", which attracted nearly 16.93 million people to the theaters, is on the rise with 7 nominations.

In addition to competing for Best Actor for "Hope: The End of the World", Jo In-sung was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Lee Chang-dong's "If Love Is If". He won two acting awards at the same time, making him one of the busiest Best Actor candidates this year.

Another powerful actor Koo Kyo-hwan was also nominated for the leading actor for "The Us After" and competed for the supporting actor for "The Dead Zone" directed by Yeon Sang-ho. It is rare for the two to be nominated for both the leading and supporting roles in the same session.

Zheng Haojuan, who became famous internationally with "The Squidward Game", is also competing for the new actress with "Hope: The End of the World", and Moon Ga-young is nominated for the best actress with "The Us After", making this shortlist full of surprises for new generation actors.

The 47th Blue Dragon Film Awards will be held on November 25 at the KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul, and will be broadcast live on KBS 2TV.