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Han Ji-min and Lee Je-hoon took over the Blue Dragon Film Awards
The pair took over from Kim Hye-soo, who had hosted 30 ceremonies from 1993. They presented the 45th awards on 29 November 2024 and returned for the 46th on 19 November 2025.
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Han Ji-min and Lee Je-hoon became the hosts of the Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2024, taking over from Kim Hye-soo, who had hosted the ceremony 30 times from 1993. They presented the 45th awards on 29 November 2024 at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul, and came back to host the 46th on 19 November 2025.
45th Blue Dragon Film Awards winners
The 45th ceremony considered 165 Korean films released between October 2023 and October 2024. Exhuma won four awards and 12.12: The Day won three, including Best Film.
| Award | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Film | 12.12: The Day |
| Best Director | Jang Jae-hyun, Exhuma |
| Best Actor | Hwang Jung-min, 12.12: The Day |
| Best Actress | Kim Go-eun, Exhuma |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jung Hae-in, I, the Executioner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Lee Sang-hee |
| Best New Director | Cho Hyun-chul, The Dream Songs |
| Best New Actor | Noh Sang-hyun |
| Best New Actress | Park Ju-hyun, Drive |
| Popular Star Awards | Koo Kyo-hwan, Jung Hae-in, Lim Ji-yeon and Tang Wei |
Blue Dragon Film Awards 2025: the 46th winners
Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice dominated the 46th ceremony. Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin, who are married, took Best Actor and Best Actress, the first time a couple has won both lead prizes in the same year, and they shared the Popular Star Awards with Lim Yoona and Park Jin-young.
| Award | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Film | No Other Choice |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice |
| Best Actor | Hyun Bin, Harbin |
| Best Actress | Son Ye-jin, No Other Choice |
| Best Supporting Actor | Lee Sung-min, No Other Choice |
| Best Supporting Actress | Park Ji-hyun, Hidden Face |
| Best New Actor | Ahn Bo-hyun |
| Best New Actress | Kim Do-yeon |
How many awards No Other Choice won in total is reported differently: The Korea Herald counts seven, Soompi lists six. The figure is left open here.
Questions people ask
When was the new host announced? Han Ji-min’s appointment was made public on 24 September 2024, two months before the 45th ceremony.
Have the hosts won Blue Dragon awards themselves? Yes. Han Ji-min won Best Actress at the 39th ceremony for Miss Baek, and Lee Je-hoon won Best New Actor in 2011 for Bleak Night.
Who hosted with Kim Hye-soo in her final year? Yoo Yeon-seok, at the 44th ceremony on 24 November 2023.
What is confirmed
- Confirmed. Han Ji-min was named host on 24 September 2024. She and Lee Je-hoon hosted the 45th Blue Dragon Film Awards on 29 November 2024 at KBS Hall, Yeouido, Seoul.
- Confirmed. Kim Hye-soo hosted 30 times from 1993; her last ceremony was the 44th, in 2023.
- Confirmed. The 46th ceremony was held on 19 November 2025 at KBS Hall, with the same hosts.
- Unresolved. The total number of awards won by No Other Choice at the 46th: The Korea Herald counts seven, Soompi lists six.
- Not announced in our sources. The hosts of the 47th ceremony.
- 19 November 2025 The 46th ceremony, with the same hosts. No Other Choice takes Best Film.
- 29 November 2024 The 45th ceremony at KBS Hall, the first hosted by Han Ji-min and Lee Je-hoon.
- 24 September 2024 Han Ji-min is named the new host.
- 24 November 2023 Kim Hye-soo hosts the 44th ceremony, her last.
Mentioned in this story
Son Ye Jin
Actor
Hyun Bin
Actor
Im Ji Yeon
Actor
Ahn Bo Hyun
Actor
Hwang Jung Min
Actor
Kim Hye Soo
Actor
Yoo Yeon Seok
Actor
Lee Je Hoon
Actor
Jung Hae In
Actor
Han Ji Min
Actor
Park Ji Hyun
Actor
Park Jin Young
Singer, actor and idol
Harbin
Film · 2024
I, the Executioner
Film · 2024
12.12: The Day
Film · 2023
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