Mask (2015 TV series)

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Mask
File:SBS Mask promo poster.jpg
Promotional poster
Also known as
  • The Mask
  • Gamyeon
Genre Romance
Melodrama
Family
Written by Choi Ho-chul
Directed by Boo Sung-chul
Starring Soo Ae
Ju Ji-hoon
Yeon Jung-hoon
Yoo In-young
Composer(s) Kim Jun-seok
Jung Se-rin
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 20
Production
Executive producer(s) Kim Yong-hoon
Shim Jung-woon
Producer(s) Lee Yong-seok
Kim Dong-ho
Cinematography Hong Seong-gil
Editor(s) Jo In-hyung
Im Ho-cheol
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) Golden Thumb Pictures
Sim Entertainment
Release
Original network Seoul Broadcasting System
Picture format 1080i
Audio format Dolby Digital 2.0
Original release May 27 (2015-05-27) –
July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30)
External links
Website

Mask (Hangul가면; RRGamyeon) is a 2015 South Korean television series starring Soo Ae, Ju Ji-hoon, Yeon Jung-hoon and Yoo In-young.[1][2] It aired on SBS from May 27 to July 30, 2015 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.

Plot

Byun Ji-sook is working as a sales clerk at a department store when she suddenly comes across her doppelgänger Seo Eun-ha. Whereas Ji-sook's family is hounded by loan sharks because of her father and brother's crippling debt, Eun-ha is the daughter of a congressman and fiancée of chaebol heir Choi Min-woo. Min-woo is the illegitimate son of the chairman of SJ Group and the company's presumptive heir, to the bitter resentment of the chairman's wife and her daughter, Min-woo's half-sister Mi-yeon. Despite his wealthy background, Min-woo had grown up without the love and warmth of family and friends, and his and Eun-ha's future marriage is understood by both parties to be a mutually beneficial business arrangement. He also doesn't know that the man Eun-ha is having an affair with is Mi-yeon's husband, the manipulative and ambitious Min Seok-hoon. Seok-hoon will stop at nothing to prevent his brother-in-law from being named successor, including conspiring with the latter's psychiatrist into gaslighting Min-woo and making him think he's going insane. But his plans go awry when Eun-ha ends up dead, so Seok-hoon threatens and blackmails Ji-sook into taking Eun-ha's place. As Min-woo begins to live in close quarters with Ji-sook, he is puzzled and intrigued by his new wife and how different she is from what he expected.

Cast

  • Soo Ae as Byun Ji-sook/Seo Eun-ha[3]
  • Ju Ji-hoon as Choi Min-woo
  • Yeon Jung-hoon as Min Seok-hoon
  • Yoo In-young as Choi Mi-yeon
  • Jung Dong-hwan as Byun Dae-sung
  • Yang Mi-kyung as Kang Ok-soon
  • Hoya as Byun Ji-hyuk[4]
  • Jeon Guk-hwan as Chairman Choi Doo-hyun
  • Park Joon-geum as Mrs. Song
  • Park Yong-soo as Congressman Seo Jong-hoon
  • Lee Jong-nam as Mrs. Lee
  • Kim Byung-ok as Director Shim
  • Jo Han-sun as Kim Jung-tae
  • Park Yeon-soo as Myung-hwa
  • Hwang Seok-jung as Mal-ja
  • Park Jun-myeon as General manager Yeo
  • Joo Jin-mo as Professor Kim
  • Kim Ji-min as Kim Yeon-soo
  • Moon Sung-ho as Nam-chul
  • Cho Yoon-woo as Oh Chang-soo
  • Sung Chang-hoon as Bbul-te ("horn-rimmed")
  • Jeon Jin-seo as young Choi Min-woo

Ratings

Episode # Original broadcast date Episode title Average audience share
TNmS Ratings[5] AGB Nielsen Ratings[6]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area
1 May 27, 2015 3 Million Won Happiness 7.5% (19th) 8.8% (13th) 7.5% (15th) 8.0% (13th)
2 May 28, 2015 Girl Who Walks in Memories 8.5% (12th) 9.8% (12th) 9.2% (10th) 9.5% (10th)
3 June 3, 2015 Best Choice, Worst Choice 8.2% (16th) 10.0% (10th) 8.6% (13th) 9.0% (13th)
4 June 4, 2015 Heaven Created by the Devil 10.3% (12th) 12.2% (7th) 10.7% (8th) 12.1% (5th)
5 June 10, 2015 The Poor Rich 9.4% (12th) 10.9% (9th) 9.4% (10th) 10.1% (7th)
6 June 11, 2015 Family, That Heartbreaking Memory 10.4% (14th) 12.6% (4th) 9.8% (11th) 10.3% (9th)
7 June 17, 2015 A Chest You Can Cry On 10.0% (11th) 12.0% (5th) 11.0% (7th) 12.5% (4th)
8 June 18, 2015 A Logical Delusion 9.8% (10th) 12.2% (5th) 11.8% (4th) 12.6% (3rd)
9 June 24, 2015 My Own Reflection 9.7% (11th) 12.6% (4th) 10.8% (6th) 11.3% (5th)
10 June 25, 2015 Faces of the Mask 10.1% (14th) 12.5% (5th) 9.7% (12th) 9.3% (12th)
11 July 1, 2015 Game of Lies 10.4℅ (9th) 12.9% (4th) 10.1% (7th) 10.8% (5th)
12 July 2, 2015 Unhappy Happiness 11.1% (10th) 12.8℅ (4th) 11.1% (6th) 11.6% (4th)
13 July 8, 2015 A Proposal and a Divorce 9.9% (13th) 12.9% (3rd) 10.8% (8th) 11.5% (5th)
14 July 9, 2015 A Spear and a Shield 10.2% (10th) 12.9% (4th) 11.1% (6th) 11.4% (4th)
15 July 15, 2015 The Target 10.0% (9th) 13.4% (3rd) 11.3% (4th) 11.5% (3rd)
16 July 16, 2015 The Puppet's Heart 11.4% (5th) 13.8% (3rd) 12.2% (3rd) 12.7% (3rd)
17 July 22, 2015 Family 9.4% (9th) 12.0% (3rd) 12.4% (5th) 13.7% (3rd)
18 July 23, 2015 Trap 11.2% (12th) 14.3% (3rd) 12.7% (3rd) 13.3% (3rd)
19 July 29, 2015 Vacancy 10.7% (9th) 13.6% (3rd) 11.5% (5th) 12.2% (4th)
20 July 30, 2015 Our House 12.6% (5th) 16.5% (2nd) 13.6% (3rd) 14.2% (3rd)
Average 10.1% 12.4% 10.8% 11.4%
Key
  • Blue-lowest rating episode
  • Red-highest rating episode

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2015
4th APAN Star Awards
Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Soo Ae Nominated
Popular Star Award, Actress Yoo In-young Won
Grimae Awards
Top Excellence Drama Award Mask Won
Best Actor Yeon Jung-hoon Won
Best Actress Soo Ae Won
23rd SBS Drama Awards
Excellence Award, Actor in a Drama Special Ju Ji-hoon Won
Yeon Jung-hoon Nominated
Special Award, Actress in a Drama Special Yoo In-young Won
Top 10 Stars Ju Ji-hoon Won
Netizen Popularity Award Ju Ji-hoon Nominated
Soo Ae Nominated
Best Couple Award Ju Ji-hoon and Soo Ae Nominated

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