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K-20:LEGEND OF THE MASK (K-20 KAIJIN NIJU-MENSO DEN) (Past Film)
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Completed - JAPANESE - Action/Adventure - 137 minutes

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2008 (Debut)
  • AFM 2008 (Premiere)
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Year of production : 2008

Director(s) : Shimako SATO
Writer(s) : Shimako SATO
Cast : Takeshi KANESHIRO, Takako MATSU, Toru NAKAMURA

Producer(s) : Shuji ABE (ROBOT), Seiji OKUDA (Nippon Television Corporation)

Synopsis

In the fictional capital "Teito". The society is clearly separated into upper and lower classes. In the city, there appears a phantom thief who steals high-priced antiques like a magic only from the rich. He is able to disguise himself as various kinds of people, and is called ‘K-20’.
One day, being deceived by a mysterious old man, a popular tumbler man at a circus called ENDO Heikichi (KANESHIRO Takeshi) is arrested as K-20. He somehow escaped from the jail, and decides to hunt down the real phantom to prove his innocence.
Meanwhile, K-20 aims at a rich lady, HASHIBA Yoko, whose fiancé is AKECHI Kogoro who is a famous detective and once arrested Heikichi. Having an extraordinary physical ability, Heikichi tries to fight against K-20, with Yoko and Kogoro.
Now, a thrilling battle action is about to begin…

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Country(ies) : JAPAN

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