A movie that pierced the Korean wave..A low-budget Yoona, not Park Chan-wook, who spent 17 billion won, was the owner of the world
Oct 20, 2025
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Director Yoon Ga-eun's first new film in six years and a hot topic from the domestic media and critics, 「The Master of the World」, which is unusual for a Korean film, announced the pre-sale news to Chinese distributors before its release.
The Master of the World is attracting attention as it was invited as the first and only Korean film to the Platform category, which is a competition section of the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, and it swept two awards at the 9th Pingyao International Film Festival and was invited to leading overseas film festivals in the second half of the year, including the 41st Warsaw International Film Festival, the 69th BFI London Film Festival, the 49th Sao Paulo International Film Festival, and the 70th Cork Film Festival.
The "Master of the World" was sold to Light Films Limited, a veteran Chinese distributor with Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite" and Hirokazu Koreeda's "No One Knows" in the lineup, which attracted explosive attention in China by winning two awards, including the audience award at the Pingyao International Film Festival.
Li Na, CEO of Light Films Limited, said "The on-site response was hot after the screening of the Pingyao International Film Festival. Chinese audiences are highly interested in 'The Master of the World', which suggests a new perspective. I would like to introduce this movie to Chinese theaters so that more audiences can feel it directlyHe expressed his high interest in the 'master of the world' in China.
Despite the frozen entry of Korean films into the Chinese market after the ban on Korea, the news of the confirmation of the Chinese distributor of 'The Master of the World' was symbolic in that it was quickly achieved thanks to enthusiastic praise from local audiences immediately after the festival was released.
Above all, "'The Master of the World" scores 9 out of 10 on Douvan, China's leading film and drama rating platform, and "The Best Film of 2025""The world needs more of these films and directors." It is attracting praise and favorable reviews such as "Intense Sound Like a Wall", and it is expected that domestic films will revitalize the Chinese film market, which accounts for the majority of the box office.
Other major Japanese art film distributors, Batters End, which distributes Bong Joon-ho's 『Parasite』, Ryusuke Hamaguchi"Drive Micah" and Jia Zanker's"Still Life" and Bong Joon-ho's"Parasite"; Park Chan-wook's"Decision"; and Hong Kong's largest distributor and theater chain Edko Films, which distributes 『The Host" directed by Hirokazu Koreeda』, and Michael Hanke's"Happy End" Andrews Film, a veteran art house distributor who has consistently introduced popular art films from overseas film festivals, such as director Celine Siamah's portrait of a burning woman, to Taiwanese audiences, has confirmed the distribution of Master of the World, proving the high attention of film fans around the world.
'Master of the World' is a story about an 18-year-old high school girl who doesn't know where to turn, and everyone's world begins to shake at the words she uttered in anger. Seo Soo-bin, Jang Hye-jin, Jungsik Kim, Kang Chae-yoon, Lee Jae-hee, and Kim Ye-chang appeared, and director Yoon Ga-eun of 'Us'Our House' took the megaphone. It will be released on the 22nd.
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