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Wong Kar-wai’s ‘Blossoms Shanghai,’ Netflix’s ‘Cigarette Girl’ Win Top Prizes at Busan Streaming Awards


Wong Kar-wai’s series debut 'Blossoms Shanghai' won two of the top awards at Busan's annual Asia Contents Awards and Global OTT (streaming) Awards.

Kamila Andini and Ifa Isfansyah won best director for Indonesian Netflix series “ Cigarette Girl.” The best female lead actor award went to Ariel Lin for PTS Taiwan’s “Imperfect Us.” The rising star of the year award went to Anson Kong for MakerVille’s Hong Kong and China show “Warriors Within 2”; Jo Yoonsu for Disney+ Korean series “The Tyrant”; and Miyoshi Ayaka for Telecom Staff Japan’s “Globe-Trotter Travel Guidebook.” Byeon Woo-seok and Kim Hyeoon won the people’s choice award for CJ ENM Studios and Bon Factory’s Korean series “Lovely Runner.” The best reality and variety category was won by Workpoint Group’s “2 Faces” from Thailand and Eggiscoming’s “Jinny’s Kitchen 2” from Korea.

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