Descendants of the Sun
2016
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 1 season
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This drama tells of the love story that develops between a surgeon and a special forces officer.
Details
- Directors
- Baek Sang-hoon, Lee Eung-bok, Yoo Jong-sun
- Created by
- Baek Sang-hoon, Lee Eung-bok
- Writers
- Kim Eun-sook, Kim Won-suk
- Studio
- Studio & New
- Released
- 24 February 2016
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 16 across 1 season
- Awards
- 45 wins, 39 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 84 →45 wins from 84 nominations across 21 ceremonies
| 26th Seoul Music Awards 2017 | Best OST | Gummy ("You Are My Everything") | Winner |
| 29th Korea Producer Awards 2017 | Best Performer Award | Song Joong-ki | Winner |
| 31st Golden Disc Awards 2017 | Best OST | Gummy ("You Are My Everything") | Winner |
| 50th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 2017 | Special Jury Award (TV Series) | Descendants of the Sun | Winner |
| Korea Communications Commission Broadcasting Awards 2017 | Grand Prize for Excellence in Production | Descendants of the Sun | Winner |
| 11th Seoul International Drama Awards 2016 | Excellent Korean Drama | Descendants of the Sun | Winner |
| 11th Seoul International Drama Awards 2016 | Outstanding Korean Drama OST | Gummy ("You Are My Everything") | Winner |
| 11th Seoul International Drama Awards 2016 | Outstanding Korean Actor | Song Joong-ki | Winner |
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2016 KBS Drama Awards
19 nominations, 8 won
| Best Asia Couple Award | Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo | Winner |
| Best Couple Award | Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo | Winner |
| Best Couple Award | Jin Goo and Kim Ji-won | Winner |
| Best New Actress | Kim Ji-won | Winner |
| Best Screenwriter | Kim Eun-sook, Kim Won-seok | Winner |
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Kim Ji-won | Winner |
| Grand Prize | Song Joong-ki | Winner |
| Grand Prize | Song Hye-kyo | Winner |
| Best New Actor | Kim Min-seok | Nominee |
| Best New Actor | Onew | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jo Jae-yoon | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Seo Jeong-yeon | Nominee |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Song Joong-ki | Nominee |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Jin Goo | Nominee |
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Song Hye-kyo | Nominee |
| Netizen Award | Song Joong-ki | Nominee |
| Netizen Award | Song Hye-kyo | Nominee |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor | Song Joong-ki | Nominee |
| Top Excellence Award, Actress | Song Hye-kyo | Nominee |
5th APAN Star Awards
12 nominations, 6 won
| Best APAN Star Award | Song Joong-ki | Winner |
| Best Couple Award | Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Jin Goo | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kim Ji-won | Winner |
| Drama of the Year | Descendants of the Sun | Winner |
| Grand Prize | Song Joong-ki | Winner |
| Best Couple Award | Jin Goo and Kim Ji-won | Nominee |
| Best New Actor | Kim Min-seok | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Lee Seung-joon | Nominee |
| Grand Prize | Song Hye-kyo | Nominee |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Song Joong-ki | Nominee |
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Song Hye-kyo | Nominee |
52nd Baeksang Arts Awards
14 nominations, 5 won
| Grand Prize (TV) | Descendants of the Sun | Winner |
| Most Popular Actor (TV) | Song Joong-ki | Winner |
| Most Popular Actress (TV) | Song Hye-kyo | Winner |
| iQIYI Global Star Award | Song Hye-kyo | Winner |
| iQIYI Global Star Award | Song Joong-ki | Winner |
| Best Actor (TV) | Song Joong-ki | Nominee |
| Best Actress (TV) | Song Hye-kyo | Nominee |
| Best Director (TV) | Lee Eung-bok, Baek Sang-hoon [ ko ] | Nominee |
| Best Drama | Descendants of the Sun | Nominee |
| Best Scriptwriter (TV) | Kim Eun-sook, Kim Won-seok | Nominee |
| Most Popular Actor (TV) | Jin Goo | Nominee |
| Most Popular Actress (TV) | Kim Ji-won | Nominee |
| iQIYI Global Star Award | Kim Ji-won | Nominee |
| iQIYI Global Star Award | Jin Goo | Nominee |
1st Asia Artist Awards
9 nominations, 3 won
| Best Celebrity Award, Actor | Jin Goo | Winner |
| Best Celebrity Award, Actress | Kim Ji-won | Winner |
| Best OST Award | Gummy ("You Are My Everything") | Winner |
| Best Artist Award, Actress | Song Hye-kyo | Nominee |
| Best Rookie Award, Actress | Park Hwan-hee | Nominee |
| Grand Prize – Drama | Song Joong-ki | Nominee |
| Popularity Award, Actor | Song Joong-ki | Nominee |
| Popularity Award, Actress | Song Hye-kyo | Nominee |
| Popularity Award, Actress | Kim Ji-won | Nominee |
11th Seoul International Drama Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Excellent Korean Drama | Descendants of the Sun | Winner |
| Outstanding Korean Actor | Song Joong-ki | Winner |
| Outstanding Korean Drama OST | Gummy ("You Are My Everything") | Winner |
2nd Scene Stealer Festival
3 nominations, 3 won
| Newcomer Scene Stealer Award (Male) | Onew | Winner |
| Scene Stealer Award (Male) | Jo Jae-yoon | Winner |
| Scene Stealer Award (Male) | Lee Seung-joon | Winner |
Korean Popular Culture and Arts Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Presidential Award | Song Joong-ki | Winner |
| Presidential Award | Song Hye-kyo | Winner |
| Presidential Award | Kim Eun-sook | Winner |
9th Korea Drama Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Drama | Descendants of the Sun | Winner |
| Excellence Award, Actor | Jo Jae-yoon | Winner |
| Best Drama Writer | Kim Eun-sook | Nominee |
| Best New Actor | Kim Min-seok | Nominee |
| Best Original Soundtrack | Gummy ("You Are My Everything") | Nominee |
| Grand Prize | Song Joong-ki | Nominee |
8th Melon Music Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best OST | Yoon Mi-rae ("Always") | Winner |
| Best OST | Davichi ("This Love") | Nominee |
| Best OST | Gummy ("You Are My Everything") | Nominee |
1st Indonesian Television Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Award | Jin Goo | Winner |
2016 Asia Rookie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Male Rookie of the Year | Choi Woong | Winner |
21st Asian Television Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Drama Series | Descendants of the Sun | Winner |
26th Seoul Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best OST | Gummy ("You Are My Everything") | Winner |
29th Grimae Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prize | Kim Si-hyung, Uhm Jun-sung (Cinematography) | Winner |
29th Korea Producer Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Performer Award | Song Joong-ki | Winner |
31st Golden Disc Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best OST | Gummy ("You Are My Everything") | Winner |
43rd Korean Broadcasting Grand Prize
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Drama | Descendants of the Sun | Winner |
50th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Jury Award (TV Series) | Descendants of the Sun | Winner |
Korea Advertisers Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Drama | Descendants of the Sun | Winner |
Korea Communications Commission Broadcasting Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prize for Excellence in Production | Descendants of the Sun | Winner |
18th Mnet Asian Music Awards
1 nomination
| Best OST | Davichi ("This Love") | Nominee |