T.O.P the only South Korean actor for Rookie Prize at Asia Star Awards
[스타뉴스 길혜성 기자] BIGBANG’s T.O.P was awarded the Rookie Prize at Busan International Film Festival’s (BIFF) Asia Star Awards.
According to his agency, YG Entertainment, on Oct 6, T.O.P stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Asia’s top actors at the official party of BIFF, Asia Star Awards, held at Busan Park Hyatt Hotel at 7p.m. on Oct 5. This was where he was awarded the Rookie Prize.
The Best Actor and Actress awards were given to Hong Kong’s top actor Jimmy Wang and India’s Shahana Goswami from ‘Vara, The Boon’. Kim Byeong Woo, the director of ‘The Terror Live’ received the Best Director Award.
Among the 4 different categories of awards, T.O.P had the honor of being the only South Korean actor to be awarded with a prize.
T.O.P made his debut as an actor in 2010 with ‘Into the Fire’, which won him the Best New Actor award at Blue Dragon Movie Awards. Now he is back for the first time in 3 years as a main character in ‘The Commitment.’ The latest award was given to him even before the movie was released, which heightens the expectations for the fans.
The film ‘The Commitment’ is about Myung-Hoon’s (T.O.P) father, who is a North Korean spy, botches his mission, leading to Myung-Hoon, a 19-year-old, and his sick younger sister Hye-In (Kim You-Jung) to be sent to a labor camp as punishment. Myung-Hoon then voluntarily crosses to South to become a spy for saving his only sister’s life.
The film will be officially released on Nov 6.
T.O.P spent some meaningful days meeting his fans in Busan for 2 nights and 3 days, a promotional journey that kicked off on Oct 3 at BIFF’s red carpet.
The details of Asia Star Awards, the most prominent film festival in Asia hosted by BIFF, will be published in the November issue of Marie Claire.
The much-anticipated film featuring T.O.P, the ‘The Commitment’, will be released on Nov 6 Wednesday.
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