Lee Byung-hun wins Best Actor award at Daejong Film Awards

Jun 03, 2020, 10:24 pm

The 56th Daejong Film Awards, also known as the Grand Bell Awards, was held at Grand Walker Hill Seoul on Wednesday. The event was emceed by comedian Lee Hwi-jae and fashion model Han Hye-jin.

The Best Actor award went to Lee Byung-hun of “Ashfall.”

“The film ‘Ashfall’ is a disaster movie, but what we are facing in real life seems like a movie than any other films,” Lee said at the acceptance speech. “It has been a long time since we have seen a film at a theater comfortably. I hope for the time when we used to enjoy watching films at a theater will come soon.”

The film awards was held without any audience for the first time since 1962 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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