K-20: Legend of the Mask

K-20: Legend of the Mask (K-20 怪人二十面相・伝, Kē-Tuentī: Kaijin Nijū Mensō Den, literally "Legend of the Twenty-Faced Mysterious Person") at film festivals, The Fiend with Twenty Faces on home video in the United States and The Legend of the Black Mask in the United Kingdom) is a 2008 Japanese action film written and directed by Shimako Satō and based on a novel by Sō Kitamura and its sequel. The film released worldwide on December 20, 2008. Takeshi Kaneshiro and Takako Matsu portray a fictional roles in the film. Tōru Nakamura and Kanata Hongo also starred in the film, just as Takeshi Kaga, Fumiyo Kohinata, Reiko Takashima, Toru Masuoka and Yuki Imai.

K-20: Legend of the Mask
Official Japanese film poster
Directed byShimako Satō
Produced byShūji Abe
Seiji Okuda
Screenplay byShimako Satō
Based onKaijin Nijū Mensō Den and Kaijin Nijū Mensō Den: Seidō no Majin
by Sō Kitamura
StarringTakeshi Kaneshiro
Takako Matsu
Tōru Nakamura
Music byNaoki Satō
CinematographyKōzō Shibazaki
Edited byRyūji Miyajima
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • December 20, 2008 (2008-12-20)
Running time
137 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box officeJP¥21,017,206
(US$21,443,265)[2]

Plot

The story takes place in an alternate history in 1948–49, in an imaginary alternative Tokyo which has taken a different history and in which World War II never happened. In this fictional capital Teito, aristocrats continue to thrive as they have since the 19th century. There is a wide gap between rich and the poor with aristocrats owning 90% of the wealth. The right-wing military industrial complex have in fact developed a Tesla-style energy beam with the ability to cause Tunguska-style devastation. However, in the city there are rumors about a mysterious thief, who only steals from the rich, a part Robin Hood, part Spider-Man, part the Shadow character with magical powers, Nicknamed K-20 (short for "Kaijin Nijū-Mensō" - 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. In fact the old man turns out to be K-20 himself. Heikichi escapes from jail, and 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 fiancé 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.

Cast

Music

Although a Japanese film, the final credits roll to the sound of "The Shock of the Lightning" by British band Oasis.

Poster

References
  1. "Kē-Tuentī: Kaijin Nijū Mensō Den". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  2. https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&id=_fK201
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