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K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
20086.12h 17m
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.
Directed by Shimako Sato
Written by So Kitamura, Shimako Sato, Takashi Yamazaki
Produced by Chikahiro Ando, Kazuyoshi Ishida
Box Office0Revenue: $21.4M
Top Cast
Takeshi Kaneshiro
Heikichi Endo
Takako Matsu
Yoko Hashiba
Toru Nakamura
Kogoro Akechi
Kanata Hongo
Yoshio Kobayashi
Jun Kunimura
Genji
Yuki Imai
Shinsuke
Fumiyo Kohinata
Ringmaster
Takeshi Kaga
Mysterious Gentleman
Kyūsaku Shimada
Designer
Kazuyoshi Kushida
Doctor Yagi
Themes & Keywords
woman director
About K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces
K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces is a action, adventure, crime film released in 2008 exploring themes of woman director. Directed by Shimako Sato, it stars Takeshi Kaneshiro, Takako Matsu, Toru Nakamura. 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.
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