<p>South Korea's Song Kang-ho clinched the best actor prize in Cannes on Saturday for his role in "Broker" about a woman dropping off an unwanted child in a "baby box" for adoption.</p>.<p>Song, who also starred in the Oscar- and Cannes-winning "Parasite", plays a good-hearted "broker" trying to sell the infant to a loving family. It is Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda's first Korean-language feature.</p>.<p>"I am very happy for my whole family," he said as he accepted the trophy at the gala ceremony on the French Riviera.</p>.<p>An actor who has become something of a national treasure, Song has starred in several of the divided country's greatest movies.</p>.<p>Song, 55, has made four films with "Parasite" director Bong Joon-ho including the 2006 monster flick "The Host" and Bong's first English-language film "Snowpiercer", both of which were box office and critical smashes.</p>.<p>Starting his career on stage, Song made his first film appearance in 1996 in now-acclaimed director Hong Sang-soo's debut movie, "The Day a Pig Fell into a Wall".</p>.<p>Since then, he has appeared in more than 30 films and worked with top South Korean filmmakers including Park Chan-wook, Kang Je-gyu and Lee Chang-dong.</p>.<p>Kore-eda won the Palme d'Or in 2018 for his touching family tale "Shoplifters".</p>.<p>British film magazine Screen called "Broker" "a sensitive and compassionate look at the market for unwanted children" while US movie website IndieWire said it was a "bittersweet and complex family drama".</p>
<p>South Korea's Song Kang-ho clinched the best actor prize in Cannes on Saturday for his role in "Broker" about a woman dropping off an unwanted child in a "baby box" for adoption.</p>.<p>Song, who also starred in the Oscar- and Cannes-winning "Parasite", plays a good-hearted "broker" trying to sell the infant to a loving family. It is Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda's first Korean-language feature.</p>.<p>"I am very happy for my whole family," he said as he accepted the trophy at the gala ceremony on the French Riviera.</p>.<p>An actor who has become something of a national treasure, Song has starred in several of the divided country's greatest movies.</p>.<p>Song, 55, has made four films with "Parasite" director Bong Joon-ho including the 2006 monster flick "The Host" and Bong's first English-language film "Snowpiercer", both of which were box office and critical smashes.</p>.<p>Starting his career on stage, Song made his first film appearance in 1996 in now-acclaimed director Hong Sang-soo's debut movie, "The Day a Pig Fell into a Wall".</p>.<p>Since then, he has appeared in more than 30 films and worked with top South Korean filmmakers including Park Chan-wook, Kang Je-gyu and Lee Chang-dong.</p>.<p>Kore-eda won the Palme d'Or in 2018 for his touching family tale "Shoplifters".</p>.<p>British film magazine Screen called "Broker" "a sensitive and compassionate look at the market for unwanted children" while US movie website IndieWire said it was a "bittersweet and complex family drama".</p>