53rd Grand Bell Awards


The 53rd Grand Bell Awards, also known as Daejong Film Awards, are determined and presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea. The Grand Bell Awards were first presented in 1962 and have gained prestige as the Korean equivalent of the American Academy Awards.

Nominations and winners

Nominations were announced December 16, 2016.

  • Woo Min-ho - Inside Men
  • *Kim Jee-woon - The Age of Shadows
  • *Hur Jin-ho - The Last Princess
  • *Lee Il-hyung - A Violent Prosecutor
  • *Na Hong-jin - The Wailing
  • Lee Byung-hun - Inside Men
  • *Song Kang-ho - The Age of Shadows
  • *Choi Min-sik - '
  • *Ha Jung-woo - The Tunnel
  • *Kwak Do-won - The Wailing
  • Son Ye-jin - The Last Princess
  • *Youn Yuh-jung - Canola
  • *Kang Ye-won - Insane
  • *Shim Eun-kyung - Missing You
  • *Bae Doona - The Tunnel
  • *Lee Tae-ran - Twenty Again
  • Uhm Tae-goo - The Age of Shadows
  • *Lee Geung-young - Inside Men
  • *Yoon Je-moon - The Last Princess
  • *Oh Dal-su - The Tunnel
  • *Hwang Jung-min - The Wailing
  • Ra Mi-ran - The Last Princess
  • *Han Ji-min - The Age of Shadows
  • *Lee El - Inside Men
  • *Son Sook - Spirits' Homecoming
  • *Chun Woo-hee - The Wailing
  • Jung Ga-ram - 4th Place
  • * Choi Min-ho - Canola
  • * Lee Sang-yoon - Insane
  • * Yoo Jae-sang - 4th Place
  • * Kim Hee-jin - Operation Chromite
  • Kim Hwan-hee - The Wailing
  • * Lee Seul-bi - Canola
  • * Kang Ha-na - Spirits' Homecoming
  • * Choi Ri - Spirits' Homecoming
  • Cho Jung-rae - Spirits' Homecoming
  • *Missing You
  • *A Violent Prosecutor
  • Woo Min-ho - Inside Men
  • *The Age of Shadows
  • *4th Place
  • *'
  • *The Wailing
  • Hong Kyung-pyo - The Wailing
  • *The Age of Shadows
  • *'
  • *Inside Men
  • *The Map Against the World
  • Kim Sun-min - The Wailing
  • *The Age of Shadows
  • *'
  • *Inside Men
  • *The Tunnel
  • Jo Hwa-sung - The Age of Shadows
  • *'
  • *The Last Princess
  • *'
  • *The Wailing
  • Kim Chan-ho - The Wailing
  • *The Age of Shadows
  • *'
  • *Inside Men
  • *The Last Princess
  • Kwon Yoo-jin and Im Seung-hee - The Last Princess
  • *The Age of Shadows
  • *Map Against the World
  • *Operation Chromite
  • *'
  • Choi Yong-rak and Jo Sung-woo - The Last Princess
  • *The Age of Shadows
  • *Inside Men
  • *Operation Chromite
  • *The Wailing
  • Jo Yong-suk, Hwang Hyo-kyun, Kwak Tae-yong and Kim Tae-eui -
  • *The Last Princess
  • *Operation Chromite
  • *The Tunnel
  • *The Wailing
  • Kim Shin-yong and Park Yong-gi - The Wailing
  • *The Age of Shadows
  • *'
  • *Inside Men
  • *Operation Chromite
  • *'
  • Kim Won-guk - Inside Men
  • *4th Place
  • *The Last Princess
  • *Spirits' Homecoming
  • *The Wailing
  • Lee Beom-soo - Operation Chromite
  • Kim Hee-jin - Operation Chromite
  • Choi Ri - Spirits' Homecoming
  • Yoon Sam-yook