Bridal Mask

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Bridal Mask

Promotional poster

Genre Romance
Action

Period drama

Based on Gaksital

by Huh Young-man

Written by Yoo Hyun-mi

Directed by Yoon Sung-sik

Starring Joo Won

Jin Se-yeon
 Park Ki-woong

Han Chae-ah

Country of origin South Korea

Original language(s) Korean

No. of episodes 28

Production

Production location(s) South Korea

Production company(s) Bridal Mask SPC

Pan Entertainment

KBS N

Distributor Korean Broadcasting System

Release

Original network Korean Broadcasting System

Original release 30 May –

6 September 2012

External links

official KBS website

Korean name

Hangul 각시탈
 Revised Romanization Gaksital

McCune–Reischauer Kaksit'al

Bridal Mask (Korean: 각시탈; RR: Gaksital) is a 2012 KBS2 period drama based on the popular
Korean manhwa by Huh Young-man. Set in Seoul, Korea, during the 1930s Japanese colonial era,
the story follows a man named Lee Kang-to, a Korean police officer commissioned by the Japanese
Police to betray his own country and aid the Japanese in the annihilation of the Korean rebellion. It
stars Joo Won, Jin Se-yeon and Shin Hyun-joon.

Contents

 1Synopsis
 2Cast
o 2.1Main
o 2.2Supporting
 3Production accident
 4Ratings
 5Awards and nominations
 6International broadcast
 7References
 8External links

Synopsis[edit]
Two brothers - Lee Kang-to and Lee Kang-san – live in Seoul in the 1930s, oppressed under
Imperial Japanese rule. Kang-to, the younger brother, is a rising star in the police force and works
with the Japanese police to capture “Bridal Mask,” a mysterious freedom fighter who fights for
independence wearing a Korean Bridal Mask. Later, when Lee Kang-to's life is turned upside down,
he dons the Bridal Mask and fights injustice and rights wrongs against the Japanese during one of
the darkest periods in Korea's history.
Kimura Shunji is a gentle Japanese teacher who has come to teach in Korea against his father's will.
He is best friends with Kang-to and shares a loving relationship with his Korean nanny. He also falls
in love with the fiercely patriotic Mok-dan, a woman who is in love with Bridal Mask and hates Kang-
to (unaware that Kang-to is Bridal Mask), a twist that begins to change him into a darker person.

Cast[edit]
Main[edit]

 Joo Won as Lee Kang-to/Sato Hiroshi/Lee Young (childhood name)

A pro-Japanese Korean police officer hated by his own fellow countrymen, who label him as
a traitor to his homeland. Kang-to is infamous for being heartless and inconsiderate of
others' feelings. Later, when Lee Kang-to's life is turned upside down, he becomes the
masked vigilante known as "Gaksital" (meaning "Bridal Mask") who fights for Korea's
independence.[1]
 Jin Se-yeon as Oh Mok-dan/Esther/Boon-yi (childhood name)
A young woman who is part of a circus troupe and is the daughter of Damsari, an important
general of the Independence army. Her real name is Boon-yi, though she has also been
referred to as "Esther." As a young girl, she falls in love with a boy who made a moving
promise to her in a moment of life and death. Years later, she comes to suspect that her first
love is the man behind the mask, though she despises Lee Kang-to, whom she regards as
her arch-enemy.

 Park Ki-woong as Kimura Shunji

Kang-to's best friend. He is a Japanese born into a prominent Samurai family but chooses to
defy his father and becomes a music teacher for Korean children. His first love is Mok-Dan,
whom he knew as Esther. Due to certain circumstances, Shunji later swears to kill Bridal
Mask with his own hands. His father, Kimura Taro inducts him into the Kishokai and the
Japanese Police Force, replacing his older brother, Kimura Kenji

 Han Chae-ah as Ueno Rie/Lara/Chae Hong-joo[2]

A Korean woman whose aristocratic family was murdered after they refused to send
monetary support to the Independence army. Orphaned, she voluntarily becomes a
"gisaeng" at the age of 9 but was then adopted by a prominent Japanese man who saw her
deep hatred for Korea. She receives military training and becomes a spy in charge of a
mission to kill Gaksital. She inadvertently falls in love with Lee Kang-to, whom she admires.

 Shin Hyun-joon as Lee Kang-san/Lee In (childhood name)[3]

Kang-to's older brother, who is known as the "village idiot" after the Japanese police tortured
him for joining the Independence Movement, rendering him mentally-disabled, or so they
thought. However, under being an idiot, he is revealed to be Gaksital. Kang-san later
becomes an important catalyst for Kangto's transformation into Gaksital.
Supporting[edit]

 Chun Ho-jin - Kimura Taro (Chief of the Jongro police station, Chairman of
Gyeongseong branch of Kishokai)
 Jeon No-min - Mok Damsari (Mok-dan's father and the General of the
Independence Army)
 Son Byong-ho - Circus Master Jo Dong-ju (Leader of the Circus team)
 Song Ok-sook - Mrs. Han (Kang-to's mother)
 Lee Il-jae - Lee Seon (Kang-to's father)
 Ahn Hyung-joon - Katsuyama Jun (Chae Hong-joo's bodyguard)
 Lee Byung-joon - Shin Nan-da (Circus member)
 Ahn Suk-hwan - Lee Shi-yong (Royal Count, Kishokai member)
 Kim Jung-nan - Lee Hwa-gyung (Royal Countess, Kishokai member)
 Lee Kyung-shil - Oh Dong-nyeon (Widowed circus member who had close
relationship with Mok-dan as her own daughter)
 Kim Tae-young - Park In-sam (Kyeongseong Ilbo newspaper owner,
Kishokai member)
 Son Yeo-eun - Um Sun-hwa (Mok-dan's best friend, Circus member)
 Seo Yun-a - Ham Gye-soon (Circus member who became Shunji's spy in
order to earn money to take care of her family)
 Park Joo-hyung - Kimura Kenji (Former Captain of Jongro police station,
Kishokai member)
 Jeon Gook-hwan - Ueno Hideki (Chairman of Kishokai, a secret
organization involved in the assassinations of the last Emperor and
Empress of Joseon, adopted father of Chae Hong-joo)
 Bruce Khan - Ginpei Gato (Chairman Ueno's samurai bodyguard)
 Kim Eung-soo - Konno Goji (Director of the Kyeongseong police force)
 Yoon Jin-ho - Goiso Tadanobu (Sergeant of Jongro police station)
 Yoon Bong-kil - Abe Shinji (Private of Jongro police station)
 Ban Min-jung - Jeok Pa/Anna (Comrade of Damsari)
 Ji Seo-yun - Tasha (Owner of Angel Club)
 Baek Jae-jin - Director Bong (Manager of Angel Club)
 Choi Dae-hoon - Lee Hae-suk/Minami Tamao (Count's son, Kishokai
member)
 Bang Joong-hyun - Park Sung-mo (Newspaper owner's son, Kishokai
member after replacing his father, In-sam)
 Jang Joon-yoo - Merry
 Lee Jae-won - No Sang-yeob
 Kim Kyu-chul - Woo Byung-joon (Hospital director, Kishokai member)
 Ko In-beom - Jo Young-geun (President of Jo Il Bank, Kishokai member)
 Kwon Tae-won - Choi Myung-sub (Judge, Kishokai member)
 Kim Bang-won - Kim Deuk-soo (Member of Dong Jin's Death Squad)
 Jeon Hyun - Baek Gun (Subordinate of Kang-to's father)
 Kim Myung-gon - Yang-baek (Leader of Korean Freedom Fighters)
 Park Sung-woong - Dong-jin (Leader of Dong-jin's Death Squad)