Pieta’s Cho Min-soo awarded for role

Actress Cho Min-soo, who starred in director Kim Ki-duk’s “Pieta,” received a People’s Choice for Favorite Actress Award at the 7th Asian Film Awards.

At Monday’s event, organized by the Hong Kong International Film Festival, Cho went to podium to receive the award wearing a black and white color mermaid dress.

In the movie, Cho plays the role of a woman who pretends to be the mother of a cold-blooded contract killer.

Meanwhile, none of the other Korean actors and actresses, producing staff nor the film won any awards at the event.

By Lee Sun-min [summerlee@joongang.co.kr]