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.

Directed by Shimako Sato

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

Kyusaku Shimada

Designer

Kazuyoshi Kushida

Doctor Yagi

Jun Kaname

Doctor Yagi's assistant

Yutaka Matsushige

Prisoner

Reiko Takashima

Kikuko

Toru Masuoka

Inspector Namikoshi

Hideji Ōtaki

Company president Hashiba

Hana Kino

Yoko Hashiba's maid

Kisuke Iida

Detective

Ritsuko Okusa

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