'Minari' Nominated for 6 Academy Awards Including Best Picture and Youn Yuh-jung for Best Supporting Actress (Comprehensive)

Youn Yuh-jung and Steven Yeun Nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actor
Lee Isaac Chung Joins Director and Screenplay Categories... Music Director Emile Mosseri Also Eyes Trophy

The film 'Minari' has been nominated in six categories at the Academy Awards, including the highest honor, Best Picture, as well as Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Original Score. Notably, Youn Yuh-jung became the first Korean actor to compete in an acting category.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced the final nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards on the 15th (Korean time). 'Minari' was nominated for Best Picture alongside 'The Father,' 'Judas and the Black Messiah,' 'Mank,' 'Nomadland,' 'Promising Young Woman,' 'Sound of Metal,' and 'The Trial of the Chicago 7.'

Director Lee Isaac Chung, who helmed the film, was nominated for both Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. In particular, for Best Director, he stood shoulder to shoulder with acclaimed filmmakers such as Thomas Vinterberg for 'Another Round,' David Fincher for 'Mank,' Chlo? Zhao for 'Nomadland,' and Emerald Fennell for 'Promising Young Woman.'

Steven Yeun was nominated for Best Actor. He competes against Riz Ahmed for 'Sound of Metal,' Chadwick Boseman for 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,' Anthony Hopkins for 'The Father,' and Gary Oldman for 'Mank.'

Youn Yuh-jung, who was widely expected to be nominated, comfortably secured a spot on the Best Supporting Actress nominee list. Her competitors include Maria Bakalova for 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,' Amanda Seyfried for 'Mank,' Olivia Colman for 'The Father,' and Glenn Close for 'Hillbilly Elegy.'

This is the first time a Korean actor has been nominated in an acting category at the Academy Awards. Last year, 'Parasite,' which won four awards, was nominated only in categories such as Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, Best Film Editing, and Best Production Design. Youn Yuh-jung is the fourth Asian actor ever to be nominated in this category. Previously recognized Asian actors include Miyoshi Umeki (Sayonara) in 1957, Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog) in 2003, and Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) in 2007. Umeki also won the award.

'Minari' also added music director Emile Mosseri to the final nominees. For Best Original Score, he competes against Terence Blanchard for 'Da 5 Bloods,' Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for 'Mank,' James Newton Howard for 'News of the World,' and Reznor, Ross, and Jon Batiste for 'Soul.' The awards ceremony will be held on the 26th of next month.

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