K-drama Queen of Masks: Kim Sun-a leads tacky but enjoyable high-society soap that follows four women on the brink

Four powerful women who were friends at college see their relationship put under strain after a night out ends in a murder

With its brisk narrative pace and mix of catfights, wide-eyed stares and tacky fashion, Queen of Masks is a highly watchable melodrama

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Korean drama series “Queen of Masks” stars Kim Sun-a as lawyer Do Jae-yi (above), one of four powerful women, friends in college, whose relationship comes under strain when a night out ends in a murder.

Published: 6:15pm, 27 Apr 2023

This article contains mild spoilers.

As the Bible’s Proverbs says: “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”

The true sign of friendship and brotherhood (or sisterhood) is standing beside someone through the bad times as well as the good. And in Korean drama series Queen of Masks, streaming on Viu, just how close the quartet of friends at its core remain when the good times slip away provides the crux of this high-pitched story of high- society back-stabbing.

The group comprises lawyer Do Jae-yi (Kim Sun-a, The Empire), fashion designer Go Yoo-na (Oh Yoon-ah, Once Again), arts foundation chairwoman Ju Yu-jeong (Shin Eun-jung, Navillera) and hotelier Yoon Hae-mi (Yoo-sun, Eve).

These formidable women met as young adults as they supported one another during their college years and on their way into adult society. We are introduced to them for the first time years later, in 2013, during a hen night ahead of Yu-jeong’s coming nuptials.

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K-drama Queen of Masks: Kim Sun-a leads tacky but enjoyable high-society soap that follows four women on the brink

Four powerful women who were friends at college see their relationship put under strain after a night out ends in a murder With its brisk narrative pace and mix of catfights, wide-eyed stares and tacky fashion, Queen of Masks is a highly watchable melodrama

Four powerful women who were friends at college see their relationship put under strain after a night out ends in a murder

With its brisk narrative pace and mix of catfights, wide-eyed stares and tacky fashion, Queen of Masks is a highly watchable melodrama