K-20: The Fiend With Twenty Faces

  • Title:  K-20: The Fiend With Twenty Faces (Japanese Movie)

  • Also Known As:  K-20: The Fiend With Twenty Faces / K-20: Legend of the Mask / K-20: Kaijin niju menso den / K-20　怪人
  • Genre:  Action
  • Broadcast Date:  December, 2008
  • Casts:  Hongo Kanata, Kaneshiro Takeshi, Kunimura Jun, Matsu Takako, Nakamura Toru
  • English Subs:  Yes
  • Ost:  N/A
  • Synopsis/Summary/Review: 

    Story takes place in the 1940’s, in a fictional Japan, where the country is dominated by the upper class and the country suffers from a huge income disparity between the rich and poor. During this time, an evil masked villain named “K-20” roams around Japan stealing priceless artifacts. Always on the trail of K-20 is his arch nemesis Akechi (Toru Nakamura) – a suave detective. When Akechi announces his engagement to the rich heiress Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu), K-20 warns Akechi to call off the wedding or he’ll be there to make his biggest heist yet. Meanwhile a good natured circus performer named Keikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is hired by a mysterious figure to snap photos of Akechi and Yoko’s wedding. Keikichi is unaware that his employer is in fact the evil K-20 and he’s being set up to be his fall guy …