With the global fire of Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite", Korean movies and Korean filmmakers have also attracted more and more attention. Although Korean films started relatively late, since 2000, with the maturity of the Korean commercial film industry system, the development of Korean films has been very rapid, and the types of films have become increasingly diverse.
And the popularity of Korean filmmakers in China is also getting higher and higher, today we will take stock of the top ten film emperors of Korean movies:
Tenth place: Zheng Yusheng
Masterpieces "Iron Rain", "Asura", "Witness", "King", "Top Secret Tracking"
Winner: Green Dragon Award for Best Actor 1 time
Zheng Yusheng became famous in South Korea earlier, and he became a super idol in South Korea in the 90s as an advertising model, and there are many representative works, "The King" and "Iron Rain" are both korean acclaimed and popular masterpieces. But his idol temperament is too strong, debuting for nearly 30 years, only in 2019 with "Witness" to get his first Green Dragon Film Emperor. It is worth mentioning that he is also very famous in the mainland, starring in "Daisy" directed by Liu Weiqiang with Quan Zhixian in 2006, "Sword Rain" directed by Wu Yusen in 2009, and also cooperating with Gao Yuanyuan's film "Good Rainy Season" in the same year.
Ninth place: Lee Jeong-jae
Representative works "New World", "Assassination", "Guan Xiang", "Sunrise City"
In 1999, Lee Jeong-jae became the youngest Blue Dragon Film Emperor in Korean history with "Sunrise City", and he was one of the most attractive male actors in South Korea at the box office. The films starring him, such as "League of Thieves", "New World", "Assassination", and "Guan Xiang", are all annual box office masterpieces in South Korea, and are well known to mainland audiences because of "New World".
Eighth place: Ha Jeong-woo
Representative works "Yellow Sea", "Horror Live", "Assassination", "Chaser", "Miss", "Walking with God"
Winner: Baeksang Art Award for Best Actor in a Film Category 3 times
Ha Jeong-woo became the representative of Chungmuro in South Korea after 2010, he was the hottest star in South Korea at that time, he was also the highest-grossing actor in the history of Korean commercial films, "National Representative", "Yellow Sea", "Horror Live", "Assassination", "Chaser", "Walking with God" and other times to break the historical box office record of Korean films. He has been nominated for the Green Dragon Film Emperor 6 times and the Big Bell Award Film Emperor 4 times, but all of them have returned home. In early 2020, he was banned from the Korean film circle because of the drug scandal, and his reputation plummeted.
Seventh place: Kim Yoon-seok
Representative works "The Pursuer", "Yellow Sea", "Lao Qian", "Thief League", "Black Priests"
Awards: 1 best actor of the Big Bell Award, 2 times of the Best Actor of the Green Dragon Award, and 1 best actor of the Baeksang Art Award
Kim Yoon-seok, who came from a drama background, is a double guarantee of acting skills and box office in South Korea, and has completed the grand slam of the three major Korean film awards. He once swept the major film awards in South Korea with "The Chaser" and became an Asian superstar.
Sixth place: Huang Zhengmin
Representative works: "New World", "International Market", "Agent", "Managaha Island", "Veteran"
Winners: Green Dragon Award for Best Actor 2 times, Big Bell Award for Best Actor 2 times
Hwang Jeong-min is one of the best male actors in South Korea, he is also a representative actor of Korean gangster action movies, and his starring roles in "New World" and "Old Hand" have gained many fans in the mainland. It is indeed a pity that he did not win the Baeksang Art Awards film emperor to complete the Grand Slam, but his national popularity and affinity are the first in South Korea.
Fifth place: Xue Jingqiu
Representative works "Suyuan", "Sweatless Party", "Shiwei Island"
Winners: Green Dragon Award for Best Actor 2 times, Dazhong Award for Best Actor 2 times, Baeksang Art Award for Best Actor 1 time
One of the "troikas" of Chungmuro in South Korea, he is one of the most successful actors in Korean history. He is known as the Emperor of a Thousand Faces in South Korea, and his roles span a wide range and his acting skills are outstanding.
Fourth place: Ann Shengki
Representative works "Taibai Mountain Range", "Shiwei Island", "Broken Arrow", "Skyscraper" Won: Qinglong Award for Best Actor 2 times, Dazhong Award for Best Actor 5 times, And Best Actor for Baeksang Art Award 8 times
Ahn Seung-ki is the first generation of Korean film stars and the actor who has won the most awards in the history of Korean cinema, holding the record for the Daejong Award and the Baeksang Art Award. He is a godfather-like figure in Chungmuro, South Korea, and many Korean film queens are his fans.
Third place: Li Bingxian
Representative works: "Common Garrison Area", "Insiders", "Ministers of Nanshan", "Seeing the Devil", "Sweet Life"
Winners: Green Dragon Award for Best Actor 1 time, Dazhong Award for Best Actor 2 times, Baeksang Art Award for Best Actor 2 times
Lee Byung-hyun is one of the Grand Slam winners of the Korean Film Awards, and his acting skills are outstanding when he debuts as a tough guy. He is also the most well-known Korean actor in the world, and has participated in many hollywood productions. Including: Special Forces: Total Strike Back, Red Flame Battlefield 2, Terminator 5, etc.
Second place: Choi Min-sik
Masterpieces "New World", "Old Boy", "War with Crime", "Seeing the Devil", "Liang Ming Naval Battle"
Winners: Green Dragon Award for Best Actor 3 times, Dazhong Award for Best Actor 3 times, Baeksang Art Award for Best Actor 2 times
One of the "troikas" of Chungmuro in South Korea, he is the first batch of leading figures in Korean films to the world, "Old Boy" not only allows him to win almost all the film emperors in South Korea, but also has great influence in Europe and the United States. His acting skills are unquestionably the best actor in Korea.
First place: Song Kanghao
Representative works: "Defender", "Memories of Killing", "Parasite", "Mourning", "Monster of the Han River", "Snow Country Train"
Winners: Green Dragon Award for Best Actor 3 times, Dazhong Award for Best Actor 3 times, And Best Actor for Baeksang Art Award for 1 time
Song Kang-ho is one of the "troikas" of Chungmuro in South Korea, he is not only the highest-grossing actor in Korean history, but also the winner of the Korean movie Grand Slam. What's more, he is the star of almost all Korean genre films, and he has performed very well, and his thickness and influence are also the first in Asia, perhaps second only to Liang Chaowei and Mifune Toshiro.