K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces 2008 123movies

Watch: K-20　怪人二十面相・伝 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – Set in a fictional Japanese city in 1949, a master criminal hones in on his latest victim..
Plot: 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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Ratings:

	6.6/10 Votes: 2,109
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Reviews:

K-20: Legend of the mask
K-20: Legend of the mask is considered a Japanese superhero movie although K-20 is not a superhero, he is more of Japanese robin hood but only more evil. The 2 billion yen movie has the realistic special effects that you rarely see in Japanese movies and its action scenes are breath-taking especially the acrobatic stunts and famous Takeshi Kaneshiro with good music

Story: It is set in 1949 where there is no world war, which is lucky. There is K-20, stealing priceless items from the rich. He frames an acrobat, Heikichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro). Heikichi is caught and soon escapes. He then vows to unmask/catch K-20 and proves his innocence. The fight scenes with K-20 and Heikichi are stunning with amazing acrobatic stunts. I wish there will more of the breath-taking stunts in movies. As Heikichi races to find what K-20 is going after, it leads to the final battle between them where there happens to be a twist.

Overall: This is not to be missed for Takeshi fans or those who are fans of Japanese movies. K-20 may be a little long- the runtime is 2 hours 17 minutes but the plot is engrossing that you won’t care about the time and watch how K-20 battles with Heikichi with wits and power. It is nice to see a big-budget Japanese action movie as the past few years, there are mostly Japanese thrillers like 20th century boys and death note.

Good Actors + Bad plot = Bad Film. Watch only if you have spare cash lying around
I went to this show with a neutral opinion, having not been influenced by any prior knowledge nor reviews from the press or the Internet.

And boy, was I sorely disappointed.

***SPOILERS AHEAD*** While this movie was made with a narrative style used commonly in Japanese anime/manga, such narrative coupled with real actors in a real life setting on film had the awkward consequence of making it ridiculous and absurd at times.

Several instances of comic relief were inserted into this film in attempts to lighten up the mood. To the average Joe, this will result in laughter and happiness oozing out from your ears. To the movie critic, it is ludicrous and lame, as such instances of comic relief severely affected the continuity of the film at times (Note to self: This film will never win any prestigious awards).

The plot contained nothing to shout about; you could anticipate the action and every single twist which has already been done to death in many other films in the same genre. E.g., good guy turns out to be bad guy, bad guy kills good guy, good guy plays possum and turns the table around onto the bad guy in the end.

This film could have easily obtained a mediocre 6 out of 10 points (or 3 out of 5 stars), which however was unfortunately ruined by the screwed up ending. Two things which I’ve learned from this film:

1) In this world where science governs reality, a helicopter can fly downwards at 90 degrees straight towards the ground, and still be able to pull up and fly away parallel to the earth.

2) A hero always carries doves/pigeons on him BEFORE a fight, TO the fight, so that he can impress ladies after the fight’s finished.

In short, watch this ONLY IF you have spare cash lying around your table.

Other Information:

Original Language ja
Runtime 2 hr 17 min (137 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Action, Adventure, Crime
Director Shimako Sato
Writer So Kitamura, Shimako Sato
Actors Takeshi Kaneshiro, Takako Matsu, Tôru Nakamura
Country Japan
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arricam Cameras, Zeiss and Angenieux Lenses, Arriflex 535B, Zeiss and Angenieux Lenses
Laboratory Imagica Corporation, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)