K-20: Legend of the Mask ( 2009 )

Asian Movie Name : K-20: Legend of the Mask

Asian Movie Genre : Crime, Drama

Asian Movie Rating : -

Asian Movie Time : 137 min

Asian Movie Director : Shimako Sato

Asian Movie Starring : Takeshi Kaneshiro, Takako Matsu, Toru Nakamura, Kanata Hongo

Asian Movie Writer : Shimako Sato

Asian Movie Studio : M Pictures

Country : Japan

Movie Location : Japan

Special detail of the Movie :

K-20: Legend of the Mask (also known as The Fiend with Twenty Faces) was based on a novelization by So Kitamura. The film was produced by Shuji Abe and Seiji Okuda.

Asian Movie Synopsis :

The story takes place in an alternative Tokyo which has taken a different history. In the fictional capital Teito, where the aristocrats continue to thrive since the 19th Century , there is a wide gap between the rich and the poor. The aristocrats own 90% of the wealth in the capital. In the city, there are rumors about a mysterious thief , who only steals from the rich with incredible ways like magician. People call him K-20, that's short for "Kaijin Niju-Menso" (the Phantom Thief with 20 faces).Endo Heikichi (Kaneshiro Takeshi) is a circus acrobat. One day, he is deceived by a mysterious old man, and arrested as K-20. The old man turns out to be K-20 himself.Heikichi succeeds to escape from the jail, and he decides to hunt down the real K-20 to prove his innocence.Meanwhile, K-20 sets his eyes on a rich lady, Hashiba Yoko (Matsu Takako), whose fiance is Akechi Kogoro (Nakamura Toru) who is a famous detective and once arrested Heikichi. Heikichi happens to help Yoko, who is chased by K-20. He somehow convinces Yoko and Kogoro that he is not the real K-20. He begins to fight against K-20 with Yoko and Kogoro, with his courageousness and incredible physical dexterity.