The award circus of the absurd involving Kim Soo Hyun that has been going on all year adds another notch to it last week. Kim Soo Hyun was just awarded the Best Actor in Asia award at the Tokyo Drama Awards, a subsidiary event to the ongoing Tokyo International Film Festival and its related film awards. The Tokyo Drama Awards is just one of the handful of television awards for Japanese dramas that take place every year, and occasionally includes foreign offerings.
What makes this year different is the newly created Best Actor in Asia award for Kim Soo Hyun, and along with his personal win the drama You From Another Star took home Best Foreign Drama. His personal appearance to accept the award shows that he still takes the accolades seriously and in his acceptance speech he thanked fans for enjoying his performance as Do Min Joon in YFAS. I don’t fault him for the unending receipt of award after award though, if award bodies want to throw statuettes at him it’s not like he can say enough is enough.
Kim Soo Hyun poses with all the Japanese acting winners at this years Tokyo Drama Awards, and my eagle eye spots Sakai Masato who won for Hanzawa Naoki while Ishihara Satomi is wearing a plaid dress being awarded for her turn in Shitsuren Chocolatier. I know YFAS is extremely popular but I always felt the popularity was more for Jeon Ji Hyun‘s scene stealing turn as Chun Song Yi.
Sure Kim Soo Hyun’s popuarity also shot up and he definitely has his share of fans who loved his turn as Do Min Joon, but there were also a fair share of disappointed viewers who felt his performance was alternatively stiff and over-baked. I just wish if he was this popular it would be for a performance that was truly deserving IMO. Feel free to disagree but Kim Soo Hyun hasn’t been as raw and real in acting ever since Dream High.
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I think his partner Jeon Ji Hyun in the drama deserve to be awarded I don't understand why are the female leads treated like that they are actress who has the big part in the success of this drama .
I watched this series because i was totally in love with Jeon Ji Hyuns character. She was funny, sincere and really charming.
Agree with you koala. I think so too that if an award should be given, Jeong Ji Hyun deserves some if not as many as Kim Soo Hyun.In my opinion, what makes You from another star very good was because of Jeong Ji Hyun's excellent portrayal of her character. Without her, the drama will fall flat.
Why is anybody surprised? Of coarse the success of a drama will be awarded to a male actor, thats the sexist way of Korean society. Everybody who watched that drama know Jun Ji Hyun was the sole reason of it`s huge success cause you could literally have any young hot actor in Kim Soo Hyuns place and the drama would be just as good( if not better ,with lack of his stone face). But this is the way industry works.
Let`s just hope it`s Jun Ji Hyun that who gets a top award at SBS Drama Awards.
Really? So even if the actress is very good on her role compare to the actor it was the actor who get more recognition? So unfair for the part of the actress.how sad for jjh fans.so for sure we will expect that ksh will get all the awards.
It is true. And is not only about the awards, it's also about the money. The actresses are paid half compared to actors. For example if an actor is paid 10000 euro for a drama episode, the actress is paid 5000 euro.
Really unfair!
The awards is in Tokyo though. I'm guessing, it's just my guess, that it's because KSH is more of a Hallyu star right now. He's popular in Japan so they gave it to him. JJH probably didn't even bother. This awards is obviously of no value. Anyway, if JJH and KSH ever appear in an awards ceremony you'll know that the more valued award will go to JJH, like how she got the Daesang for Paeksang Awards.
I was actually bored by You From Another Star, which is odd because I really like Jeon Ji-hyun and thought Kim Soo-hyun was a decent actor (he was really good in Will It Snow For Christmas?). But I didn't quite take to the drama or the lead characters and dropped YFAS after a few episodes. I think he needs a role that actually challenges him, because it seems he's been stagnating for a while acting-wise.
I agree, this is getting beyond ridiculous. I loved KSH in Dream High, but since then he has played it safe with his project choices and phoned in his performances. He is better than other pretty faces in K-ent, but still. If he hadn't hit it big so soon, he could've challenged himself with more demanding roles. But as it is, I don't think he'll ever get any better.
I personally couldn't connect with YFAS. It was entertaining but the plot was ridiculous. I understand its popularity but personally I wasn't feeling it. It's a shame that when it was airing it completely overshadowed Miss Korea, which imo was alot better.
I so miss Miss Korea.
Crying with you. I haven't loved any drama since Miss Korea ended.
I wonder how Jeon Ji-hyun feels, having basically carried the drama with her kickass performance, to see this young upstart - he must be, in her eyes - getting such overblown credit and praise for the success of YFAS. While she still carries the title of "CF Queen" despite being a very talented actress and not just a pretty face.
Wouldn't it be interesting to be a fly on the wall in her house. I doubt she does another drama anytime soon.
Not just that, now they're remaking her iconic My Sassy Girl without her, with a premise that basically says Cha Tae-hyun dumped the Sassy Girl for a young idol who can't speak Korean all that well. I feel for her.
We love you, Jeon Ji-hyun! <3
I read that she wanted him in YFAS, because they acted together in The Thieves. So she created this monster. He certainly is purty tho'.
Wasn't it the other way around? It was offered to JJH first but she turned it down. They offered to KSH. He accepted and then persuaded JJH to accept the role. At least that's how I remember it. I could be wrong.
@Quirkstine: Yep, that's what I heard too.
Pfftt...I'm so freaking tired of that overrated KSH and YFAS.
I kept thinking.. Where are her awards!!? Because I'm SAWRRIE but SHE was the bread & butter of that drama!!
Jeon Ji Hyun made that drama stand out. The chemistry between the two was amazing. and YES YES YES she should have just as many awards as what he is receiving.
Women in Asia with deep pockets are making sure he continues to appear before them. My question is when is he going back to drama land? Show your talent and not just a pretty face.
If more men watched dramas we would MAYBE see more awards for the female actors.
Female actors in Asia - Stay strong - FIGHTING!!!!
Better pick as many awards as possible while your agency still has power to buy all the juries and media. Later on, all are good bye when newbies with more talented and handsome than him take over.
This is getting really ridiculous. He is so NOT the best actor in Asia. I don't like actors who receive awards because of their popularity and not because they are great actors. Makes me feel bad for the all the great/good actors out there who do deserve awards but don't ever get one. On another note, Jeon Ji Hyun's performance was I loved the most in You From Another Star. Even if Do Min Joon was not there, I would have watched the drama because Cheon Song Yi.