Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won star in ‘Queen of Tears.’
Korean dramas Queen of Tears and A Bloody Lucky Day were recently honored at both the Asian Academy Creative Awards and the Asian Television Awards.
At the 2024 AACA held in Singapore, both dramas produced by Studio Dragon claimed major awards. Queen of Tears received the Best Direction awards, while A Bloody Lucky Day was recognized as the Best Original Production by a Streamer. Queen of Tearsthe story of a couple whose marriage is in trouble, also took home the Best Scriptwriting award at the 29th ATA in Jakarta, Indonesia. The dual awards meant that Queen of Tears was the only Korean drama to win at both the ATA and AACA in 2024. The romantic drama stars Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won as the unhappily married couple and includes memorable performances by Park Sung-hoon, Kwak Dong-yeon, and Lee Joo-bin.
Queen of Tears was shown on tvN in Korea. With an average viewership rating of 24.9%, it became the highest-rated series in tvN’s history. Internationally, it aired on Netflix, recording 682.6 million viewing hours in the first half of the year, making it one of the most-watched k-dramas of the period.
Kim Sung-min plays a taxi driver in ‘a Bloody Lucky Day.’
A Bloody Lucky Daystarring Lee Sung-min, Yoo Yeon-seok, and Lee Jung-eun, is based on a webtoon of the same name by Aporia, which was published on Naver. In the TV series, actor Lee Sung-min plays an ordinary taxi driver who is offered a high fee to take a passenger to a far off location. However, he soon realizes that his passenger is a serial killer and must decide how to handle the situation. The drama streams on CJ ENM’s OTT platform TVING in Korea and is available on Paramount+ outside of Korea, Japan and Taiwan, where Paramount Global Content Distribution distributes the series.
In 2023 Studio Dragon productions also won awards at both awards ceremonies, winning Best Drama Series and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the drama The Glory at the AACA, while Island was honored with the Best Original Digital Drama Series award at the 28th ATA. In 2022, Twenty Five Twenty One won Best Drama Series, Our Blues secured Best Screenplay, and Yumi’s Cells took home Best Original Production by a Streamer at the AACA.
Studio Dragon Corporation is a South Korean drama production, marketing and distribution company under CJ ENM Entertainment Division.
