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The Doll Master is a 2004 South Korean horror film directed by Jeong Yong ki.

60 years ago, a doll and a woman in a red kimono (Jeong Yu mi) fell in love in the Korean countryside with a young doll maker, and when they begin to date he makes a doll in her likeness. Not long after they get married, the woman in the red kimono is murdered, and the blame was put on the doll maker. He was arrested but was released by the police due to the lack of evidence but was later killed by vigilantes in the woods. Not content to be without her maker, the doll, possessed by the woman's spirit, sat by his grave for all eternity. In present day, Hae mi (Kim Yoo mi), a sculptor, Tae seong (Shim Hyung tak), a model looking for work, Young ha (Ok Ji young), a woman who talks to her doll like it's alive, Jung ki (Im Hyung joon), a photographer, and Sun young (Lee Ka yeong), a ditzy high school student, arrive at an isolated doll museum after receiving an invitation that dolls will be made in their image. They are greeted by siblings Choi Jin wan (Chun Ho jin), the museum's curator, and Im Jae won (Kim Do young), the paraplegic doll maker. Then, odd events begin to occur. Hae mi catches sight of a mysterious young girl in a red dress who shows up repeatedly on the museum grounds. Tae seong has an encounter with a doll that reaches out and touches him, and it is shown that the curator is keeping a man chained underground. Hae mi talks to the girl in the red dress, learning that her real name is Mi na (Lim Eun kyung). Things take a nasty turn when someone destroys Young ha's doll, and she becomes suicidal and hangs herself, causing the group to panic. Hae mi attempts to find her red dressed friend, but is alarmed to find a crying Mi na with bloody hands. Mi na suddenly asks Hae mi why she doesn't recognize or remember her, before fleeing in tears. Inside the house, Sun young and Jung ki are both murdered. Hae mi finally remembers that when she was younger, she had a doll that she loved so much that it gained a soul, resulting in Mi na. Tae seong reveals himself to be a police officer who had come to investigate a recent murder at the museum, and handcuffs Hae mi in suspicion. However, Im reveals that she is possessed by the red kimono woman's doll, who wants to avenge its maker and has come alive due to being inhabited by the spirit of the woman in the red kimono; all the guests Im invited are the descendants of the doll maker's vigilante killers. Furthermore, Tae song's great grandfather is revealed to be the real killer of the wife of the dollmaker. Angry at being rejected by Hae mi, Mi na admits to murdering the other guests and kills Tae seong before going after Hae mi. She stops her murder attempt when she sees Hae mi's scar, remembering the childhood incident where Hae mi protected her. However, Im destroys Mi na's soul before attempting to finish off Hae mi. Im's husband, the previously chained man, shoots Im and then kills the curator. He finds his dying wife, saying he regrets bringing the red kimono doll from the woods after all the trouble it caused. In the end, Hae mi and Im's husband burn the dolls and the remaining corpses.

Although the story states that the dolls are decades old, many of them featured in the film are modern ball jointed dolls. Some of the dolls such as Mi na and Demian are a part of the "Event" series of "The AI" dolls from a Korean doll company called Custom House.

The Doll Master was released in South Korea on 30 July 2004. In the Philippines, the film was released by Viva Entertainment on 20 October 2004.