What result will director Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice produce at the Golden Globe Awards?
On the 8th (local time) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California, U.S., nominees for the 83rd Golden Globe Awards were announced.
The Golden Globes are presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and are regarded as one of the most prestigious U.S. film awards, alongside the Academy Awards, forming one of the two major pillars of American film awards. Held one to two months before the Academy Awards, they are seen as providing an early indication of possible winners. For this reason, they are called the 'preliminary to the Academy Awards'.
On that day, the Korean film industry's greatest interest was whether director Park Chan-wook's "No Other Choice" would be nominated, and curiosity grew as it was named in as many as three categories. It was nominated for best motion picture — comedy or musical, best foreign language film, and best actor in a motion picture — comedy or musical (Lee Byung-hun).
First, in the best motion picture — comedy or musical category, six films will compete, including No Other Choice, Blue Moon, Begonia, Marty Supreme, Nouvelle Vague and One Battle After Another.
Especially, Lee Byung-hun was nominated for best actor in a motion picture — comedy or musical, and will compete for the trophy with world-renowned actors Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another), Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme), George Clooney (Jay Kelly), Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon) and Jesse Plemons (Begonia).
Finally, the best foreign language film nominees included No Other Choice, It Was Just an Accident, Secret Agent, Sirat and Hind's Voice, drawing attention with five selections.
Earlier, at the 77th Golden Globe Awards, director Bong Joon-ho's Parasite was nominated for best foreign language film, best director and best screenplay, and won best foreign language film. From nomination to award, it was the first record for Korean cinema and made new history.
Afterward, the 2020 film Minari won best foreign language film, and in 2022 Netflix series Squid Game's Oh Young-soo won best supporting actor in a television series, continuing the positive momentum. However, in 2023 director Park Chan-wook's Decision to Leave failed to win best foreign language film, leaving disappointment.
With No Other Choice nominated in three categories this time, director Park Chan-wook will make a Golden Globe comeback after three years, and expectations are rising about whether it can win best motion picture and best actor, awards Parasite did not achieve.
The Golden Globe Awards will be held in Los Angeles on Jan. 11 next year.
No Other Choice tells the story of Mansu (Lee Byung-hun), an office worker who felt his life was so complete that he "had it all" until he was abruptly fired, and who prepares his own war for reemployment to protect his wife and two children and to hold on to the home he worked hard to acquire. Beginning with its invitation to the competition section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival—the first Korean film invited in 13 years—it drew global attention by winning the audience award at the Toronto International Film Festival and Lee Byung-hun receiving a Special Tribute Award. It was subsequently invited to the New York Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival, consolidating its stature, and it was selected as South Korea's representative in the international feature film category for the 2026 Academy Awards.
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