Drama and Movie Nominees Announced for the 2018 54th Annual Baeksang Arts Awards

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• I don't understand how Fight for My Way got nominated for Best Drama but Prison Playbook didn't.
  And Kim Nam-gil deserves a nomination for Best Actor at least.

  • Same! and Park seo joon did a good job in FFMW but I think Kim Nam Gil should have been nominated instead of him

    • Love Park Seo Joon but agree Kim Nam Gil deserves the nomination more.

  • I think each channel is limited to certain number of entries per category. I am guessing two entries per category per channel. Don’t you know each cost money, do you? So I think for best actor TvN must have chosen lead actors of Prison Playbook and Secret Forest as entries for the Best Actor category.

  • Same! FMW wasn't nearly as good as Prison Playbook

    • It's not for Best Drama though but Best Actor. But I know what you mean. Whilst PSJ did well in FFMW but there was nothing special in his performance to deserve the Best Actor. But well Gong Yoo won for Goblin which I also think his performance was great but there was also nothing special to deserve Best Actor. So who knows.

  • Agree. FMW was entertaining but I wouldn't have imagined it to be Baeksang-worthy..,

• How in the world Prison Playbook doesn't get nominated? I don't know what's the criteria is? Misty is so lackluster in terms of acting of the leads, so I don't get Kim Nam Joo being Nominated as best acctress? The second female lead act much better than her

  • I thought KNJ did really good job in Misty. I'm just curious..who's the second female lead that you refer to? Is it the other anchor or Kevin's wife?

  • I disagree. KNJ was great in Misty. I don't understand your criteria here. Then again, you think IU is a great actress who outperformed Kang Ha Neul

    • I like IU a lot and think she's a good actress when the show isn't crap but....better than Kang Haneul?! Are you serious lol.

  • I don't say Kim Nam Joo is bad in Misty but she definitely overdid in her portrayal. I just find her tough woman portrayal rather forced and too much. I only watched Misty because of Ji Jin Hee.

  • We can never all agree on everything. Although there are the minority who doesn't like Kim Nam Joo's acting, there are the majority who find her acting a very good portrayal of her role. Just like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We have different acting standards. All of my friends and family members including me loved her acting to bits. It's the first time I saw someone who didn't like her portrayal. I guess some people cannot be impressed the way we all did.

  • I don't think I've said Kim Nam Joo and Ji Jin He are bad. It's just their acting are lackluster. They are not pouring their soul into character. And here I start to think it might be due to the script are lacking. But even the second femaled lead Jeon Hye Jin (as Han Eun Joo) put much better performance. It's just make watching experience less enjoyable.

    • You are really the first person complain about their acting Ive seen on the internet.

    • Oh hello. I also complained over Kim Nam Joo's acting in "Misty" . She is nowhere near as good as how people raved about her. She overacted with that plastic face which made the whole watching experience horrifying.

• Song Ha Yoon is really really bad in Fight My Way, how the heck did she get nominated? Is KBS pulling strings or what? FMW gets nominated in every category except Best Actress. SHY will never win over Ra Mi Ran!! I am so glad Shin Hye Sun got nominated for Best Actress, but she most likely won't win over those veteran actresses who are all so good... For Best New Actor, I wonder if Woo Do Hwan will win, he was good in Save Me...

  • SHY won't win over RMR but this might be an unpopular opinion but she was better in FMW than Kim Ji Won. SHS is already honored by even getting nominated with these great actresses. That's enough already for her fans

  • Yes, it's an honour for SHS and I am happy for her to be nominated. But SHY sucks really badly, how can she even be mentioned?

• I am overall satisfied with this year's baeksang's drama nominations.By the way, I must say this year's best drama actress nominations is much more stronger than last year and its also much much stronger than the male actors too.Also good job for adding supporting actor category.Now if they can scrap the popularity awards, fashion awards category, and "asian awards" or whatever they call it, and put more relevant awards like best cinematography, best cast ensemble, best OST, best costume( for sageuk dramas) even best villain awards would be great.

  But if it were up to me to choose from the nominations.I would vote for:

  Best Drama-Mother
  Best Actor-Jang Hyuk or Cho Seung Woo
  Best Actress-Lee Bo Young or Kim Nam Joo
  Best Supporting Actor-Park Ho San
  Best Supporting Actress- Ra Mi Ran
  Best New Actor- Woo Do Hwan
  Best New Actress- Won Jin Ah

  Those who should have been nominated but have been sidelined:

  Lee Dong Gun( seven day queen)-supporting actor
  Kim Nam Gil-best actor(live up to your name)
  Jang Nara-best actress
  Seo Ye Ji- new actress(save me)
  If they had best child actor category:I would vote for Heo Yool, child actor in Mother..

  • I've always been confused about New Actress/Actor criteria...
    On one hand, you have people like Sejeong, Heo Yool and Won Jinah who are starring in their first drama. Then you have nominees like Dasom who had 2 lead roles prior to their nominated work and Seo Eunsoo with a few supporting roles before My Golden Life.
    I'm not sure if Seo Yeji will qualify since she debuted in 2013 and this is also not her first lead role.

    • I think the limit is three dramas/movies. So if you have only done three dramas, you are still considered rookie. If you have done five dramas and only two or three movies, you are still considered rookie for movies department.

    • They will count new actress as when you receive the first public attention. Kim Yoo Jung got nominated with Moon Sun in 2012 and she debut 2003 :D Most of actors start from extras, to supporting role then there is a break out role - thats when they got nominated best new actor.

  • Ah Best Director&Scriptwriter, I would vote for those awards to go to the duo behind Secret Forest.

    As for movies, I can see "Along with the gods:Two Worlds", "A Taxi Driver" and Anarchist from Colony sweeping the awards.

    Best Actress, It could go to Kim Tae Ri or Son Ye Jin.But I want Kim Ok Bin to win.Her character was badass.Best Actor could go to Song Kang Ho or Man Dong Seok.

  • maybe they need an hallyu star to be atleast on the nominee lol,just guessing.

  • the popularity awards is through voting which u need to pay to vote,they will not scrap that one,they need to earn money,

    • Yeah EXO's fans will spend large amount of money to ensure D.O wins. Same goes for SNSD and Yoona's China fans.

    • Ah! so this is how Yoona looks like an acting prodigy to her fans???.Its popularity awards like these that are keeping her mediocre.How would she have motivation to improve if they keep handing her these kinds of flimsy award like cakes?Its lile she just has to do the bare minimum in her acting and she will be awarded a token trophy at some awards ceremony..Girl has been acting for a decade now but she is still in the same place she started.tsk tsk

• Secret Forest for Best Drama and Best Script and Best Director! I love this drama so much.

• The pretentious, slow-motion emptiness of Misty made the list but not Woman of Dignity? Well boo.

• Kim Nam Joo should win Best Actress. Stellar performance all throughout Misty. She made such a complex flawed character a very intriguing one.Very commendable presence on screen.

  Won Jin Ah should win Best New Actress. She's so good at JBL. I think she still has so much on her plate that she can show us.

  Secret Forest should win Best Drama. Brilliant. Nuff said.

• Korean drama awards are usually confusing in their awards criteria.But here, im guessing its a combination of acting experience, ratings + impact or how memorable the role was, thw level of acting skill required and whether it was primary or secondary role.

  For example, Dasom or Seo Eun Soo may have acted in some lead roles before but is it enough to be put in the same category as Ra Mi Ran for supporting actress?or it could just be new actor because they are appearing at the baeksang for the first time.Also its not uncommon..the actors and actress nominated at the top could be nominated for best supporting actress/actress two years later despite winning top awards.

• Why is KIM NAM GIL not in the list? Sorry no disrespect to Park Seo Joon but between him and KNG, its evident who gave out stronger performance. Oh crap, last year Gong Yoo won over Han Suk Kyu and so I should have expected that this is a crappy awards.

  • maybe they need an hallyu star to be atleast on the nominee lol,just guessing.

• Kim Nam Gil not nominated for TV Best Actor????? Unbelievable. I thought Rebel was covered in last year's Baeksang? I am so mad that KNG being overlooked again ??? That performance of his in LUTYN is beyond fantastic.

  • KNG maybe pissed off some committee members. A lot of the times, these awards are just politics. Some good actors don't get awarded when they deserve it. Though Baeksang is way more prestigious than TV station awards.