Poster for the film ‘One Battle After Another’ by director Paul Thomas Anderson. Photo Warner Bros. Korea

The film ‘One Battle After Another’ by director Paul Thomas Anderson won six awards, including Best Picture, at the Academy Awards this year.

At the 98th Academy Awards held on the 15th (local time) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, ‘One Battle After Another’ won in six categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor (Sean Penn).

Additionally, it won Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, and the newly established Casting award, bringing its Oscar haul to six.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson said, “There were many excellent films this time. I am glad to be part of a wonderful journey together with the nominated works and fellow directors,” and he credited co-starring actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, and others.

The film is a chase action movie about Bob Ferguson (Leonardo DiCaprio), a former member of an underground organization, who sets out to save his daughter Charlene (Chase Infinity) in peril. By calling for solidarity and love for immigrants and other minorities, it drew attention for taking a stand against the hardline immigration policies of the U.S. Donald Trump administration.

Buoyed by its reception, ‘One Battle After Another’ won Best Motion Picture, Musical·Comedy at the Golden Globe Awards in the United States in January, and won Best Film at the British Academy Film Awards last month.

Meanwhile, ‘Sinners: The Sinners’ by director Ryan Coogler, which led the field with nominations in as many as 16 categories, won four awards, including Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan), Screenplay, Score, and Cinematography, thus trailing ‘One Battle After Another’ to some extent.

The film ‘Frankenstein’ by Guillermo del Toro won three categories, including Production Design, Makeup and Hairstyling, and Costume Design, joining ‘K-pop Demon Hunters’, which won two categories, as multiple award winners.