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Legend of the Blue Sea
2016–2017
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 1 season
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A mermaid from the Joseon period ends up in present-day Seoul, where she crosses paths with a swindler who may have ties to someone from her past.
Details
- Directors
- Jin Hyuk, Park Seon-ho
- Created by
- Park Ji-eun
- Writer
- Park Ji-eun
- Studio
- Studio Dragon, Culture Depot
- Released
- 16 November 2016
- Country
- Palau, South Korea, Spain
- Language
- Korean
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Episodes
- 20 across 1 season
- Awards
- 6 wins, 11 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 17 →6 wins from 17 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| 9th Melon Music Awards 2017 | Best OST | Sung Si-kyung ( Somewhere Someday ) | Nominee |
| 24th SBS Drama Awards 2016 | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Lee Min-ho | Nominee |
| 24th SBS Drama Awards 2016 | Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Genre & Fantasy Drama | Lee Min-ho | Winner |
| 24th SBS Drama Awards 2016 | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Genre & Fantasy Drama | Jun Ji-hyun | Nominee |
| 24th SBS Drama Awards 2016 | Excellence Award, Actor in a Fantasy Drama | Lee Hee-joon | Nominee |
| 24th SBS Drama Awards 2016 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Fantasy Drama | Shin Hye-sun | Nominee |
| 24th SBS Drama Awards 2016 | Excellence Award, Actress in a Fantasy Drama | Hwang Shin-hye | Nominee |
| 24th SBS Drama Awards 2016 | Special Award, Actor in Fantasy Drama | Sung Dong-il | Winner |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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24th SBS Drama Awards
16 nominations, 6 won
| Best Couple | Lee Min-ho and Jun Ji-hyun | Winner |
| Idol Academy Award – Best Eating (Mukbang) | Jun Ji-hyun | Winner |
| Special Award, Actor in Fantasy Drama | Sung Dong-il | Winner |
| Top 10 Stars | Lee Min-ho | Winner |
| Top 10 Stars | Jun Ji-hyun | Winner |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Genre & Fantasy Drama | Lee Min-ho | Winner |
| Excellence Award, Actor in a Fantasy Drama | Lee Hee-joon | Nominee |
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Fantasy Drama | Shin Hye-sun | Nominee |
| Excellence Award, Actress in a Fantasy Drama | Hwang Shin-hye | Nominee |
| Grand Prize (Daesang) | Lee Min-ho | Nominee |
| Grand Prize (Daesang) | Jun Ji-hyun | Nominee |
| K-Wave Star Award | Lee Min-ho | Nominee |
| K-Wave Star Award | Jun Ji-hyun | Nominee |
| Special Award, Actor in Fantasy Drama | Lee Ji-hoon | Nominee |
| Special Award, Actress in a Fantasy Drama | Oh Yeon-ah | Nominee |
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Genre & Fantasy Drama | Jun Ji-hyun | Nominee |
9th Melon Music Awards
1 nomination
| Best OST | Sung Si-kyung ( Somewhere Someday ) | Nominee |