At the 74th Primetime Emmy awards celebration last night, the Korean drama Squid Game won six awards. Very impressive for a show, actors, and crew who are non-English speaking!
Lee Jung-Jae, who plays Seong Gi-hun won Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Lee Yoo-mi, who plays Ji-yeong won the award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. Hwang Dong-hyuk won the Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series award. The other three awards were for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More), Outstanding Stunt Performance, and Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode.
Squid Game had eight more nominations. Park He-soo and Oh Yeong-su were both nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Hoyeon was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. The other nominations were for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series, Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One-hour), Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music, and Outstanding Drama Series, the first non-English show to be nominated for this award.
