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Bridal Mask (2012)

Bridal Mask poster
Original title
각시탈
Directed by
Yoon Sung-sik
Genre
romance film
Country
South Korea
Length
1 season, 28 episodes
Rated
15
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During the 1930s Japanese occupation of Korea, a Korean police officer works for the Japanese authorities while secretly fighting against them. He becomes a masked vigilante to aid the Korean resistance.

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What happens

Bridal Mask (Korean: 각시탈) 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, Park Ki-woong and Shin Hyun-joon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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