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W
2016
· TV Show
· 60 min episodes
· 1 season
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Yeon-joo discovers that W, a webtoon created by her father, is a living world and saves the protagonist, Kang Chul. A confused Kang Chul falls in love with her and follows her to the real world.
Details
- Directors
- Jung Dae-yoon, Park Seung-woo
- Created by
- Song Jae-jung
- Writer
- Song Jae-jung
- Studio
- Chorokbaem Media
- Released
- 20 July 2016
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean
- Episode length
- 60 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 16 across 1 season
- Awards
- 13 wins, 12 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 25 →13 wins from 25 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| 50th WorldFest Houston International Film Festival 2017 | Special Jury Award | W | Winner |
| 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards 2017 | Best Screenplay | Song Jae-jung | Nominee |
| 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards 2017 | Best Director | Jung Dae-yoon | Nominee |
| 53rd Baeksang Arts Awards 2017 | Best Drama | W | Nominee |
| Korea Communications Commission Broadcasting Awards 2017 | Korean Wave Program Excellence Prize | W | Winner |
| Seoul International Drama Awards 2017 | Outstanding Korean Drama | W | Winner |
| 1st Asia Artist Awards 2016 | Best Artist Award, actress | Han Hyo-joo | Nominee |
| 1st Asia Artist Awards 2016 | Best Artist Award, actor | Lee Jong-suk | Nominee |
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35th MBC Drama Awards
12 nominations, 7 won
| Best Couple Award | Lee Jong-suk and Han Hyo-joo | Winner |
| Drama of the Year | W | Winner |
| Golden Acting Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Kim Eui-sung | Winner |
| Grand Prize / Daesang (Determined through fan votes) | Lee Jong-suk | Winner |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Lee Jong-suk | Winner |
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Han Hyo-joo | Winner |
| Writer of the Year | Song Jae-jung | Winner |
| Best Couple Award | Kim Eui-sung and Lee Si-eon | Nominee |
| Best New Actor | Lee Tae-hwan | Nominee |
| Best New Actor | Lee Si-eon | Nominee |
| Best New Actress | Jung Yoo-jin | Nominee |
| Grand Prize / Daesang (Determined through fan votes) | Han Hyo-joo | Nominee |
5th APAN Star Awards
4 nominations, 2 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Kim Eui-sung | Winner |
| Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Han Hyo-joo | Winner |
| Best Couple Award | Lee Jong-suk and Han Hyo-joo | Nominee |
| Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries | Lee Jong-suk | Nominee |
50th WorldFest Houston International Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Jury Award | W | Winner |
Korea Communications Commission Broadcasting Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Korean Wave Program Excellence Prize | W | Winner |
Korea Content Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Prime Minister Commendation | Song Jae-jung | Winner |
Seoul International Drama Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Korean Drama | W | Winner |
53rd Baeksang Arts Awards
3 nominations
| Best Director | Jung Dae-yoon | Nominee |
| Best Drama | W | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Song Jae-jung | Nominee |
1st Asia Artist Awards
2 nominations
| Best Artist Award, actor | Lee Jong-suk | Nominee |
| Best Artist Award, actress | Han Hyo-joo | Nominee |