| Mask | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Also known as | The Mask |
| Genre | Romance Melodrama Family drama |
| Written by | Choi Ho-chul |
| Directed by | Boo Sung-chul |
| Starring | Soo Ae Ju Ji-hoon Yeon Jung-hoon Yoo In-young |
| Composers | Kim Jun-seok Jung Se-rin |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Kim Yong-hoon Shim Jung-woon |
| Producers | Lee Yong-seok Kim Dong-ho |
| Cinematography | Hong Seong-gil |
| Editors | Jo In-hyung Im Ho-cheol |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | Golden Thumb Pictures Sim Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS TV |
| Release | May 27 (2015-05-27) – July 30, 2015 (2015-07-30) |
Mask (Korean: 가면;RR: Gamyeon) is a 2015South Koreantelevision series starringSoo Ae,Ju Ji-hoon,Yeon Jung-hoon andYoo In-young.[1][2] It aired onSBS from May 27 to July 30, 2015 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 20 episodes.
Byun Ji-sook is working as a sales clerk at a department store when she suddenly comes across herdoppelgänger 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 ofchaebol 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 intogaslighting 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.
| 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 | Boy 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% | ||
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4thAPAN Star Awards | Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries | Soo Ae | Nominated |
| Popular Star Award, Actress | Yoo In-young | Won | ||
| Grimae Awards | Best Drama | 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 | ||
| Best Couple Award | Ju Ji-hoon andSoo Ae | Nominated |