K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces

Overview

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 details

Release date

2008

Runtime

2h 17m

Genres

Action, Adventure, Crime

Status

Released

Original language

JA

Country

Japan

Director

Shimako Satō

Production

Nippon Television Network Corporation, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Chukyo TV Broadcasting Company, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Robot Communications, VAP, TOHO, dentsu, Shogakukan, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Shirogumi, IMAGICA

Revenue

$21,443,265

Cast

Takeshi Kaneshiro

Heikichi Endo

Takako Matsu

Yoko Hashiba

Toru Nakamura

Kogoro Akechi

Kanata Hongo

Yoshio Kobayashi

Jun Kunimura

Genji

Yuki Imai

Shinsuke