Song Kang-ho has returned to South Korea after winning the country's first best actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in the movie "Broker."

Walking out of an arrivals gate at Incheon International Airport on Monday, Song thanked Korean movie fans for their support and said that the achievement wouldn't have been possible if not for the fans.

Speaking to the hundreds of fans and journalists congregated to mark the historic honor, he explained that the movie is a unique and touching story that can be enjoyed as a story about the people, society and our emotions and asked for support when it hits the theaters soon.

Song received the Best Actor award at this year's Cannes Film Festival in France on Saturday for his lead performance in the Korean drama "Broker," written and directed by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda. The movie depicts the relationships of characters formed through a baby box, where people anonymously drop off newborns that they can't raise.

Meanwhile, Park Chan-wook, who won Best Director for his romance film "Decision to Leave", is expected to arrive later in the afternoon.