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In an alternate version of 1949 Japan in which World War II never happened, the Japanese capital of Teito is home to both an ultra rich upper class and the dirt poor masses. The city is thrown into a state of panic when a phantom thief called “The Kaijin (Fiend) with 20 Faces” (K-20 for short) begins to use his mysterious abilities to steal from the rich and give to the poor. One day a circus acrobat named Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is framed for K-20’s crimes and becomes determined to clear his name. He teams up with K-20’s next target, a wealthy duchess named Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu) and her detective fiancé (Toru Nakamura), to take K-20 down once and for all.
Movie rating: 6.8 / 10 (1677)
Directed by: Shimako Sato
Writer credits: Shimako Sato - So Kitamura
Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro - Takako Matsu - Tôru Nakamura - Ryôhei Abe - Kanata Hongô
AKA: K-20: The Legend of the Black Mask, K-20: Kaijin nijû mensô den, The Fiend with Twenty Faces, K-20: Legend of the Mask, K-20: Legend of the Mysterious Person Twenty Faces, K-20 Legend of the mask, K-20 - Die Legende der schwarzen Maske
