Master (2016 film)

Master
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
마스터
Revised RomanizationMaseuteo
Directed byCho Ui-seok
Screenplay byCho Ui-seok
Kim Hyun-duk
StarringLee Byung-hun
Gang Dong-won
Kim Woo-bin
Uhm Ji-won
Oh Dal-su
Jin Kyung
CinematographyYoo Eok
Kim Jung-woo
Edited byShin Min-kyung
Music byDalpalan
Jang Yeong-gyu
Production
companies
Movie House
Zip Cinema
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • December 21, 2016 (2016-12-21)
Running time
143 minutes
Countries
  • South Korea
  • Philippines
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$50.5 million[1]

Master (Korean마스터; RRMaseuteo, also stylized as MA$TER) is a South Korean action crime film directed by Cho Ui-seok. Written jointly by Cho Ui-seok and Kim Hyun-duk, it stars Lee Byung-hun, Gang Dong-won and Kim Woo-bin in the lead roles. The narrative centers around the manhunt for a conman launched by South Korea's financial crime unit after he absconds with the money and assumes a new identity, causing a cop to team up with the conman's mastermind partner in order to crack the case involving a nationwide financial fraud leads to the Southeast Asian haven for scam artists, thieves, and criminals: Metro Manila.

The film opened theatrically in South Korea on 21 December 2016, and received more than 7 million admissions nationwide.[2] It grossed more than $48 million at the South Korean box office.[3][4]

  1. ^ Kil, Sonia (15 January 2017). "Korea Box Office: 'Your Name' Remains on Top, 'Moana' Lands in Second". Variety. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  2. ^ "마스터". Daum.
  3. ^ "Master (2016)". www.koreanfilm.or.kr.
  4. ^ "Master (2016)". Box Office Mojo.