K-20: Legend of the Mask
2008
138 Min
Synopsis
Framed for crimes he didn’t commit, circus acrobat Hekichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) breaks out of prison to avoid a death sentence and takes on the guise of his enemy — K-20, the “Fiend with 20 Faces” — to clear his name and seek revenge. Set in 1949 Japan, where World War II never took place, the film — based on a novel by So Kitamura — stars Takako Matsu as Princess Hashiba and Toru Nakamura as the police chief she plans to marry.
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Blu-ray Review: K-20: THE LEGEND OF THE BLACK MASK
By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
This month, Manga UK brought Shimako Sato’s adventure film K-20: The Legend of the Black Mask to Blu-ray. This is a film that has kind of divided our own writers here at Twitch, and I must admit, even
DVD Review: K-20: The Fiend With 20 Faces
By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
K-20: The Fiend With 20 Faces will be hitting R1 DVD on April 20th. K-20: The Fiend With 20 Faces has all of the elements of a swashbuckling smash hit: a Robin Hood-esque story of good and evil, a handsome……
Fantastic Fest 09: K-20 LEGEND OF THE MASK Review
By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
[Our thanks to James Marsh for the following review, which originally appeared when the film screened at the New York Asian Film Festival.] K-20: Legend of the Mask takes place in a Japan that does not
K-20 ENGLISH-FRIENDLY HONG KONG DVD Review
By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
Every now-and-again someone tries to revive the dashing crime-fighting hero movies of old, but most fall just short of true greatness. “The Rocketeer” “Darkman” “The Shadow” In each of the examples
NYAFF 09 Review: K-20 LEGEND OF THE MASK (Review Two)
By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
[Our thanks to Renzo Adler for this second review of K-20.] The reverberations of the modern superhero film have been felt since Spider-Man graced screens back in ’02, for better or worse. K-20: Legend
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