K20 - Legend of the Mask

Genre: Drama, Action
Language: Japanese
Director: Sato Shimako
Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro (The Battle of Red Cliff) , Takako Matsu (Hero the movie), Nakamura Toru
Runtime: 137 min

Website / Trailer: http://www.k-20.jp/

Plot:

A mysterious thief, who only steals from the rich and aids the poor. People call him K-20 as he often disguise in as many as 20 faces. Heikichi (Takeshi Kaneshiro), a circus acrobat was conned and mistaken as K-20 and subsequently arrested by Akechi Kogoro (Nakamura Toru), a famous detective who once arrested K-20 himself. In the midst of clearing his name, Heikichi rescued Yoko Hashiba (Takako Matsu), the Duchess, Detective Akechis betrothed fiance. In the non-stop battle with K-20, the true identity of the thief may finally be revealed!

Watched this on 20 Feb late night @ Cathay Cineleisure with Sylvia.

It seems like no matter when or where, you always need a hero for the rescue, no exception in this 19th century staged fiction. And the hero of the movie turns out to be a thief who initially was reluctant to even accept to be a thief himself.

Takeshi Kaneshiro is always so dashing, bright and lovable on screen. The only thing to be disappointed is probably his fashion which was not that tally with the movie backdrop. His outfit seems too fashionable which was not in sync with the theme. Maybe i was too picky.

The fun of the movie was that I started to guess who was the real K20 from the beginning of the movie, and the selection kept changing as the movie progress. The helpful and friendly fellow-class neighbours helped Takeshi along to become K20 substitute since he was framed, and the next moment, the Japanese version of Spiderman appeared.

ah-deng says: 3/5 For the sake of Takeshi Kaneshiro, do watch it.