"Bingo" - A Bridal Mask Review PART 1

[This plot will be devided into 4 parts. The reason is, this drama has 28 episodes and we are afraid it will be to long (even longer than Heartstrings) The Conclusion will be found at part 4.]

Originalname:	각시탈 | Gaksital
Also known as:	-
Release Date:	30. May - 6. September 2012
Director:	Yun Seong Sik
Writer:	Huh Young Man (comic), Yoo Hyun Mi
Cast:	Joo Won, Jin Se Yeon, Park Gi-Woong, Shin Hyun-Joon

Plot

This drama play during the period of Japanese occupancy in South Korea; A young but ambitioned detective, Kang To, swore himself to catch a revolutionary called “Bridal Mask” because of the mask he’s wearing.

For that he needs Mok Dan, circus artist and the daughter of another revolutionary, whom Bridal Mask has already saved two times before.

He finds out where she lives at the moment (Thank you, traitor!) and beats the shit out of her in the Japanese police department’s torture chamber. Afterwards he drags her down a public street and even wanting to shoot her. (Why am I describing this plot point? Don’t worry, you’ll know  soon enough...)

But our snow white Zorro saves the day as he rides on his horse to the rescue of the damsel in distress and drops her off in the woods still bleeding (Our hero everybody!)

But that’s okay since he rides to a tree to reveal that he’s... Kang To’s mentally disabled brother, Kang Sang?! (th- that is the BEST. SUPERHERO. DISGUISE. EVERRRR!!!!!!! Ha! Take that, Batman, Superman!)

Because Kang To gets rescued one time by the Bridal Mask (there is this one “colleague” which wants Kang To dead and spins an intrigue), he gets accused for working with the Bridal Mask together. To show his loyalty towards the emperor and Japan he has to catch Bridal Mask and Mok Dan’s father.

Anyway. He gets in pressure because he lost his bait and arrests all the man from his village (except his brother) and Bridal Mask takes hostages. He would let them free if Kang To lets the arrested free. In the chase Bridal Mask saves Kang To again from an assassin’s attack. But before he can find out who Bridal Mask is he gets knocked out. (But for a short time he believes Bridal Mask is his brother because the only one who loves him and would protect him would be his brother)

When he finds out that Mok Dan is the girl who he loved as a little boy he goes to his best friend Shuiji at the club and asks him what he should do. Kang To doesn’t know his best friend is in love with Esther/ Mok Dan (seriously this girl has more names as my pet cat at the time I was an Otaku). When Kang To talks about killing Mok Dan anyway Shuiji hits him and tells him he should go home. At home he lays next to his brother, who pretends he is sleeping, and tells him what happened. He cries and says that he would like to become like his mother wants him to be. (Seems like the lost son found his way home...)

Meanwhile the circus discuss how they can kill Kang To. So, the other day they try to kill him and accidently he shoots Mok Dan down. (Mmmm whatcha say, Mmm that you only meant well? Well of course you did...)

But Kang To saves her and keeps her captive in the hospital. While we have some love triangle scenes in the hospital with Shunji, Mok Dan and Kang To, Shunji’s brother has enlightenment. He goes to Kang To’s house and tells Kang Sang that he should quit the games. He ends up accidently shooting the mother and Kang Sang wants REVENGE. So he dresses up as Bridal Mask and follows Shunji’s brother. But Kang To is there to save the day and shoots Bridal Mask. Kang Sang reveals himself to his brother and dies. Kang To finds his mother dead and, well, we all knew what comes here, the typical scream of our main character is deeply hurt. It is meant to give the viewer at least a shiver... here...it kind of backfired. Really, I laughed my ass off. I mean... that face! *Bwahahahaha*

Awesome, right? xD

Well, of course, after everything was explained to him by Alfred (Not his Name...but let’s be honest, that’s what character he is playing...) he wants REVENGE...wait, when did this become Batman?

He dresses up like Bridal Mask and kills Shunji’s brother. Shunji sees this and swears REVENGE on Bridal Mask and manages to toss him off a cliff.

So, everybody thinks that Bridal mask is dead, but Kang To is safe and sound in a hospital bed.

He decides to become Bridal Mask and wants to gain the Police Offices trust to have it easier, so he changes his name into Sato Hiroshi.

Shunji on the other hand, to follow his fathers will and becomes a superintendent after Mok Dan dumped him (You know, from an elementary school teacher to a superintendent!)

So the new chess peaces are set for round two...