Yoon Ga-eun's The World of Love Widens Its Rollout to Japan and U.S.
Summary
Bitters End opens the Toronto Platform selection in Japan on Dec. 11, and Kino Lorber holds North American rights.
"Yoon Ga-eun's coming-of-age drama The World of Love is expanding its international release, with Bitters End opening it in Japan on Dec. 11 and Kino Lorber handling North America, The Korea Times reported on Wednesday. A British release is also planned, and Italy, Australia and Israel are set for 2027.
The film drew 210,000 admissions in South Korea after opening on Oct. 22, 2025, and later ran 15 weeks in Hong Kong and 11 weeks in France, according to figures from Barunson E&A cited by the paper. It was the first Korean film selected for the Toronto International Film Festival's Platform competition and has won the FIPRESCI prize in Warsaw, two awards at Pingyao and the top prize at Nantes' Three Continents Festival.
""We are very pleased to distribute the new film by Yoon Ga-eun, an outstanding director, in Japan,"" Bitters End president Yuji Sadai said."
