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Text replace - "Won Sung-Min" to "Won Tae-San"

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==User Rating==
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==Profile==
* '''Drama:''' The Emperor: Owner of the Mask (English title) / Ruler: Master of the Mask (literal title)
* '''Revised romanization:''' Goonjoo-Gamyunui Jooin
* '''Hangul:''' 군주-가면의 주인
* '''Director:''' [[No Do-Cheol]], [[Park Won-Gook (director)|Park Won-Gook]]
* '''Writer:''' [[Park Hye-Jin (screenwriter)|Park Hye-Jin]], [[Jung Hae-Ri (screenwriter)|Jung Hae-Ri]]
* '''Network:''' [[MBC]]
* '''Episodes:''' 40
* '''Release Date:''' May 10 - July 13, 2017
* '''Runtime:''' Wednesday & Thursdays 22:00 (35 minutes each / 2 episodes per day)
* '''Language:''' Korean
* '''Country:''' South Korea

==Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©==
In the 1700's, Crown Prince Lee Sun ([[Yoo Seung-Ho]]) fights against Pyunsoo hwe. Pyunsoo hwe is an organization that has accumulated power and wealth through privatizing water all over Joseon. Crown Prince Lee Sun becomes a hope for the people who suffers. Ga-Eun is the woman Crown Prince Lee Sun loves and she helps grow as a ruler.

==Notes==
# "The Emperor: Owner of the Mask " takes over MBC's Wednesday & Thursday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "[[Radiant Office]]" and followed by "[[Man Who Dies to Live]]" on July 19, 2017.
# [http://blog.asianwiki.com/korean-dramas/yoo-seung-ho-cast-in-mbc-drama-series-ruler-master-of-the-mask Yoo Seung-Ho cast] in MBC drama series “Ruler: Master of the Mask.”
# [http://blog.asianwiki.com/korean-dramas/kim-so-hyun-cast-in-mbc-period-drama-series-ruler-master-of-the-mask Kim So-Hyun cast] in MBC drama series “Ruler: Master of the Mask.”
# [http://blog.asianwiki.com/korean-dramas/l-kim-myung-soo-cast-in-mbc-drama-series-ruler-master-of-the-mask L (Kim Myung-Soo) cast] in MBC drama series “Ruler: Master of the Mask.”
# [http://blog.asianwiki.com/korean-dramas/first-script-reading-for-mbc-drama-series-ruler-master-of-the-mask First script reading took place December 23, 2016] at MBC Broadcasting Station in Sangam, South Korea.
# [http://blog.asianwiki.com/korean-dramas/3-teaser-posters-for-ruler-master-of-the-mask 3 teaser posters] for “Ruler: Master of the Mask.”
# [http://blog.asianwiki.com/korean-dramas/first-still-images-of-yoo-seung-ho-in-mbc-drama-series-ruler-master-of-the-mask First still images of Yoo Seung-Ho] in MBC drama series “Ruler: Master of the Mask.”
# [http://blog.asianwiki.com/korean-dramas/first-still-images-of-l-in-mbc-drama-series-ruler-master-of-the-mask First still images of L] in MBC drama series “Ruler: Master of the Mask.”
# [http://blog.asianwiki.com/korean-dramas/teaser-4-for-mbc-drama-series-ruler-master-of-the-mask First still images of Kim So-Hyun] in MBC drama series “Ruler: Master of the Mask.”
# [http://blog.asianwiki.com/korean-dramas/3-main-posters-for-mbc-drama-series-ruler-master-of-the-mask 3 main posters] for MBC drama series “Ruler: Master of the Mask.”

==Cast==
{{CastPictures27
|1picture=File:Ruler-Master of the Mask-Yoo Seung-Ho.jpg
|1name=Yoo Seung-Ho
|1charactername=Crown Prince Lee Sun
|2picture=File:Ruler-Master of the Mask-Kim So-Hyun.jpg
|2name=Kim So-Hyun (1999){{!}}Kim So-Hyun
|2charactername=Han Ga-Eun
|3picture=File:Ruler-Master of the Mask-L.jpg
|3name=Kim Myung-Soo (L){{!}}Kim Myung-Soo
|3charactername=Lee Sun
|4picture=File:Ruler-Master of the Mask-Yoon So-Hee.jpg
|4name=Yoon So-Hee
|4charactername=Kim Hwa-Goon
|5picture=File:Ruler-Master of the Mask-Heo Jun-Ho.jpg
|5name=Heo Jun-Ho
|5charactername=Dae Mok
|6picture=File:Ruler-Master of the Mask-Park Chul-Min.jpg
|6name=Park Chul-Min
|6charactername=Woo Bo
|7picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Shin Hyun-Soo.jpg
|7name=Shin Hyun-Soo
|7charactername=Lee Chung-Woon
|8picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Bae Yoo-Ram.jpg
|8name=Bae Yoo-Ram
|8charactername=Park Moo-Ha
|9picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Lee Chae-Young.jpg
|9name=Lee Chae-Young
|9charactername=Mae-Chang
|10picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Kim Byung-Chul.jpg
|10name=Kim Byung-Chul
|10charactername=Kim Woo-Jae
|11picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Kim Jong-Soo.jpg
|11name=Kim Jong-Soo
|11charactername=Joo Jin-Myung
|12picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Do Yong-Gu.jpg
|12name=Do Yong-Gu
|12charactername=Choi Sung-Ki
|13picture=File:Ruler-Master of the Mask-Jeong Gyu-Su.jpg
|13name=Jeong Gyu-Su
|13charactername=Heo Yoo-Gun
|14picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Kim Young-Woong.jpg
|14name=Kim Young-Woong
|14charactername=Jo Tae-Ho
|15picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Kim Seo-Kyung.jpg
|15name=Kim Seo-Kyung
|15charactername=Gon
|16picture=File:Ruler-Master of the Mask-Park Ki-Ryoong.jpg
|16name=Park Ki-Ryoong
|16charactername=Butler Jang
|17picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Kim Myung-Soo.jpg
|17name=Kim Myung-Soo (1966){{!}}Kim Myung-Soo
|17charactername=King
|18picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Kim Sun-Kyung.jpg
|18name=Kim Sun-Kyung (1968){{!}}Kim Sun-Kyung
|18charactername=Queen
|19picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Choi Ji-Na.jpg
|19name=Choi Ji-Na
|19charactername=Youngbin Lee
|20picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Jung Doo-Hong.jpg
|20name=Jung Doo-Hong
|20charactername=Lee Bum-Woo
|21picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Song In-Kook.jpg
|21name=Song In-Guk
|21charactername=Hyun-Suk
|22picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Jung A-Mi.jpg
|22name=Jung A-Mi
|22charactername=Court Lady Han
|23picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Lee Dae-Ro.jpg
|23name=Lee Dae-Ro
|23charactername=Eunuch
|24picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Jeon No-Min.jpg
|24name=Jeon No-Min
|24charactername=Han Kyu-Ho
|25picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Park Hyun-Suk (1968).jpg
|25name=Park Hyun-Suk (1968){{!}}Park Hyun-Suk
|25charactername=Lee Sun's mother
|26picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Jung Hae-Kyun.jpg
|26name=Jung Hae-Kyun
|26charactername=Lee Sun's father
|27picture=File:Ruler- Master of the Mask-Go Na-Hee (2009).jpg
|27name=Go Na-Hee (2009){{!}}Go Na-Hee
|27charactername=Kkomooli
}}
'''Additional Cast Members:'''
* [[Jin Ki-Joo]] - Choi Gang-Seo
* [[Kim Jong-Goo]] - Kim Gwang-Yeol
* [[Kim Hak-Cheol]] - Chi Hun
* [[Lee Jini]] - Yeon-Joo
* [[Min Pil-Joon (1992)|Min Pil-Joon]] - Chun-Soo
* [[Uhm Seo-Hyun (2009)|Uhm Seo-Hyun]] - Oh Wol
* [[Kim Sa-Rang (2009)|Kim Sa-Rang]] - Yang-Yi
* [[Ju A-Yeon]] - Jin-Myung's daughter
* [[Lee Jae-Yong (1963)|Lee Jae-Yong]] - peddler
* [[Jo A-In (2010)|Jo A-In]] - young girl
* [[Won Tae-San (1974)|Won Tae-San]] - Japanese merchant
* [[Lim Yong-Soon (1965)|Lim Yong-Soon]] - elder 3 (ep.1)
* [[Kong Jung-Hwan]]
* [[Moon Yoo-Bin (1992)|Moon Yoo-Bin]]
* [[Kang Pil-Sun (1985)|Kang Pil-Sun]]
* [[Lim Ho-Jun (1979)|Lim Ho-Jun]]

==Trailers==
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==Episode Ratings==
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px #AAA solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
! rowspan="2" align=center bgcolor="F52887" | Date
! rowspan="2" align=center bgcolor="F52887" | Episode
! colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="F52887" | TNmS
! colspan="2" align=center bgcolor="F52887" | AGB
|-
! align=center bgcolor="F52887" | Nationwide
! align=center bgcolor="F52887" | Seoul
! align=center bgcolor="F52887" | Nationwide
! align=center bgcolor="F52887" | Seoul
|-align=center
| 2017-05-10 || 1 || 8.8% (9th) || 10.0% (5th) || 9.7% (6th) || 10.5% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-05-10 || 2 || 10.1% (6th) || 10.9% (4th) || 11.6% (4th) || 12.1% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-05-11 || 3 || 10.4% (8th) || 11.5% (6th) || 10.5% (6th) || 11.2% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-05-11 || 4 || 10.8% (6th) || 11.9% (5th) || 12.6% (4th) || 13.4% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-05-17 || 5 || 8.5% (12th) || 10.4% (6th) || 11.2% (5th) || 11.8% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-05-17 || 6 || 9.2% (10th) || 11.0% (5th) || 12.5% (4th) || 12.9% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-05-18 || 7 || 10.4% (6th) || 11.8% (5th) || 12.0% (5th) || 12.9% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-05-18 || 8 || 11.6% (5th) || 13.1% (4th) || 13.4% (4th) || 14.2% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-05-24 || 9 || 10.6% (8th) || 10.9% (6th) || 11.9% (6th) || 12.7% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-05-24 || 10 || 11.7% (6th) || 12.6% (4th) || 13.8% (4th) || 15.2% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-05-25 || 11 || 11.1% (7th) || 11.7% (5th) || 12.1% (6th) || 13.2% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-05-25 || 12 || 12.3% (5th) || 13.3% (4th) || 13.8% (4th) || 15.1% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-05-31 || 13 || 11.8% (6th) || 13.8% (4th) || 11.7% (6th) || 12.2% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-05-31 || 14 || 12.8% (4th) || 15.7% (3rd) || 13.6% (3rd) || 14.5% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-01 || 15 || 12.0% (6th) || 14.5% (5th) || 12.0% (6th) || 12.6% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-01 || 16 || 13.4% (5th) || 15.8% (2nd) || 13.6% (4th) || 14.2% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-07 || 17 || 11.6% (6th) || 13.0% (5th) || 10.9% (7th) || 11.0% (6th)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-07 || 18 || 12.4% (5th) || 14.0% (3rd) || 11.9% (5th) || 11.6% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-08 || 19 || 11.0% (7th) || 13.0% (5th) || 11.2% (6th) || 11.2% (6th)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-08 || 20 || 11.4% (6th) || 14.0% (4th) || 12.2% (5th) || 12.1% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-14 || 21 || 11.8% (5th) || 13.0% (5th) || 11.3% (5th) || 11.8% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-14 || 22 || 13.0% (4th) || 14.5% (2nd) || 13.0% (4th) || 13.8% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-15 || 23 || 10.3% (5th) || 11.3% (5th) || 11.3% (5th) || 11.3% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-15 || 24 || 12.0% (4th) || 13.2% (3rd) || 13.4% (4th) || 13.2% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-21 || 25 || 10.3% (8th) || 11.5% (5th) || 10.6% (6th) || 10.8% (7th)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-21 || 26 || 11.8% (5th) || 13.0% (4th) || 13.2% (4th) || 13.5% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-22 || 27 || 10.0% (9th) || 11.9% (5th) || 10.8% (6th) || 11.4% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-22 || 28 || 11.6% (5th) || 14.1% (3rd) || 12.2% (4th) || 12.4% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-28 || 29 || 9.6% (7th) || 11.0% (5th) || 10.1% (6th) || 10.1% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-28 || 30 || 11.2% (4th) || 13.7% (3rd) || 12.2% (4th) || 12.3% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-29 || 31 || 10.5% (6th) || 12.6% (4th) || 11.9% (5th) || 11.9% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-06-29 || 32 || 12.2% (4th) || 14.5% (2nd) || 14.4% (4th) || 14.6% (3rd)
|-align=center
| 2017-07-05 || 33 || 12.1% (6th) || 12.2% (5th) || 12.6% (5th) || 13.3% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-07-05 || 34 || 14.0% (4th) || 14.6% (3rd) || 13.6% (4th) || 14.5% (4th)
|-align=center
| 2017-07-06 || 35 || 12.9% (5th) || 15.2% (4th) || 12.8% (5th) || 13.5% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-07-06 || 36 || 14.7% (4th) || 16.6% (3rd) || 14.9% (3rd) || 15.2% (2nd)
|-align=center
| 2017-07-12 || 37 || 15.5% (5th) || 18.0% (2nd) || 13.2% (5th) || 13.9% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-07-12 || 38 || 17.6% (3rd) || 20.3% (1st) || 14.5% (4th) || 15.2% (2nd)
|-align=center
| 2017-07-13 || 39 || 14.4% (5th) || 16.1% (4th) || 13.3% (5th) || 13.5% (5th)
|-align=center
| 2017-07-13 || 40 || 16.0% (3rd) || 18.4% (2nd) || 14.4% (3rd) || 14.7% (3rd)
|-align=center
|}

Source: [http://www.tnms.tv/ TNS Media Korea] & [http://www.agbnielsen.co.kr/ AGB Nielson]
* NR denotes not ranked within the Top 20 TV programs (including news, sports, variety, etc.) for that day according to TNS Media Korea and AGB Nielson.

==Awards==
* [[2017 MBC Drama Awards]] - December 30, 2017
** '''Best Actor (mini series)''' ([[Yoo Seung-Ho]])
** '''Best Supporting Actress (mini series)''' ([[Kim Sun-Kyung (1968)|Kim Sun-Kyung]])
** '''Best Hardship Character''' ([[Kim Myung-Soo (L)|Kim Myung-Soo]] )
** '''Most Popular Actor''' ([[Kim Myung-Soo (L)|Kim Myung-Soo]] )
** '''Most Popular Actress''' ([[Kim So-Hyun (1999)|Kim So-Hyun]])
* [[2017 (1st) The Seoul Awards]] - October 27, 2017
** '''Best New Actress''' ([[Yoon So-Hee]])
* [[2017 (10th) Korea Drama Awards]] - October 2, 2017
** '''Best Drama Award'''
** '''Best Screenplay''' ([[Park Hye-Jin (screenwriter)|Park Hye-Jin]])
** '''Excellent Actor''' ([[Jeon No-Min]])
** '''KDA Award''' ([[Heo Jun-Ho]])

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==External Links==
* [http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/gunju/ Official Website]

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