In a few recent Hollywood films, North Korea has been described as a force disrupting the world’s peace. These images of North Korea can have implications for ethnic politics in that they are likely to reinforce bad stereotypes about Asians. In particular, Korean American actors who impersonate North Koreans in Hollywood movies, entail complex problems about the representation of their racial or ethnic identities. On the one hand, North Korean characters played by Asian Americans tend to resort to repetition of stereotypes about Asian Americans. On the other hand, their bodies and Asian accent on the screen provide the space for a wide variety of interpretations by the audience. Using the concept, “Oriental Masquerade,” which was coined by Jung Hye Seung, this essay shows how the masks of Asian American actors can evoke ethnic, cultural, and historic contexts that remain hidden behind ‘the Kimchee Curtain’ and at the same time induce subversive appreciations.