Actor Kim Ji-hoon won the best acting award in the drama institutional sector at the 45th Golden Camera Awards.
Kim Ji-hoon achieved the feat of seizing the best acting award in the drama institutional sector for the SBS Friday-Saturday drama The Haunted Palace at the 45th Golden Camera Awards held Thursday, the 2nd, at the CG Art Hall of the Construction Center in Gangnam, Seoul.
First held in 1977 and marking its 45th year this year, the Golden Camera Awards is a film festival organized by the Korea Society of Film Cinematographers with the purpose of maintaining the film's continuous technical sensibility and finding new screen faces.
On the day, Kim Ji-hoon won the best acting award in the drama institutional sector for the SBS Friday-Saturday drama The Haunted Palace, which ended in June. The Haunted Palace is a body-and-soul wrestling fantasy rom-com in which Yeori, a shaman who rejects the fate of a spirit medium, and Kang Cheol-yi, a five-tailed ghost trapped in the body of Yeori's first love Yoon Gap, encounter the eight-foot ghost who holds a grudge against the royal family, causing bodies and souls to become tightly entangled. Kim Ji-hoon played King Lee Jeong, a versatile monarch who dreams of a strong nation, delivering a wide range of performances across genres from a gentle husband to a father and the incarnation of the eight-foot ghost. He played a leading role in driving ratings growth and raising the work's completeness, earning great love.
Immediately after receiving the award, Kim Ji-hoon said, I am very nervous and happy because it has been a long time since I received such a big award. Many emotions are mixed, and I deeply thank director Yoon Seong-sik and writer Yoon Soo-jung, who worked together on the drama The Haunted Palace. When I took on the role I was entrusted without much explanation, and as an actor I am very grateful to have been given the role. He added, I will not become complacent going forward, and I will always come to you as a sincere and earnest actor, reaffirming his attitude and determination as an actor.
Kim Ji-hoon, who does not settle for a fixed image or acting style and steadily develops himself by crossing various works and genres. He debuted in 2002 with the drama Loving You and established himself as a genre actor by perfectly portraying a psychopathic serial killer in Flower of Evil. In addition, including the drama The Haunted Palace, which brought him the honor of this award, he wrote new career-defining characters in each work such as Money Heist: Joint Economic Area, Nice to Not Meet You, Ballerina, and Lee Jae, Soon to Die, drawing praise from viewers.
This year he succeeded in his first Hollywood entry with the Amazon Prime series Butterfly, breaking down boundaries of genre, character, and nationality and continuing active activities. As a result, the world is focused on the future steps of Kim Ji-hoon, who is emerging as a representative face of K-content.
Meanwhile, Kim Ji-hoon meets viewers through the Netflix variety show Crime Scene Zero, and various works including the drama Dear X, Nice to Not Meet You, and Genie, Make A Wish are scheduled to be released.
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