March 12th was not a good release window, but there was no alternative; if it dragged on any longer, the hype surrounding his Best Actor Oscar would fade.
April offered no good release windows either, and pushing it to May Day brought other problems. Although the May Day slot was decent, *Taiyi* had already premiered overseas in December, meaning that by May, the internet would be flooded with pirated video resources.
The only option was to rush the release and leverage the momentum of the Oscar-winning Best Actor to compensate for the unfavorable window.
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