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Aug
29
2008

Beware The Fiend With Twenty Faces!  The Full K-20 Trailer Arrives!

Posted by Todd Brown at 6:13am.

Posted in Trailer Alerts , Martial Arts, Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Asia.

Many thanks to regular reader Raku for spotting this one and loading it into the Twitch Player ...

We’ve been greatly anticipating the arrival of Shimako Sato’s K-20 since first catching wind of it a good while back and the full theatrical trailer has just arrived.  The verdict?  Looking great.  The film is set in an alternate future and revolves around a somewhat modified take on classic Edogawa Rampo character, the Fiend With Twenty Faces.  Takeshi Kaneshiro stars as a gymnast police believe is the notorious Fiend who must catch the real fiend to prove his own innocence.  Always director Takashi Yamazaki provides all the special effects in this one and the footage in the trailer looks every bit as impressive as you’d expect from Yamazaki.

Set in an alternate world where ninety percent of Japan’s wealth is controlled by a small sliver of the aristocracy, the Fiend is a sort of Robin Hood figure who steals from the rich. Kaneshiro plays a circus acrobat falsely set up as the Fiend who must escape from jail and track down the real thief to clear his name with the help of a beautiful police detective who is being targeted by the real thief.

This one looks to be a big budget blockbuster that pays off on its potential.  Check it below the break.

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Reader Comments

  1. anton_es 08/29/2008 @ 6:58am

    looks like fun, unfortunately I can’t understand what they are talking about.

  2. nitty 08/29/2008 @ 8:15am

    Looks good.Has that pulpy feel to it.Reminds me of The Shadow

  3. anton_es 08/29/2008 @ 10:54am

    i love the evil laugh at the end of the trailer

  4. TheDoug 08/29/2008 @ 12:05pm

    What’s your 10-20 K-20?  Looks fun...can’t wait till this gets put on dvd.

  5. lblisters 08/29/2008 @ 4:02pm

    Love the parkour touches, the whole tone seems great.

  6. Todd Brown 08/29/2008 @ 4:31pm

    Yeah, I’m really digging this one and I think it’s pretty amazing to compare the look of this to the look of the new 20th Century Boys trailer considering they’re budgeted on a similar scale.  This just looks WAY better.

  7. ChevalierAguila 08/29/2008 @ 9:35pm

    Looks good.

  8. Ichi-The-Killer 08/30/2008 @ 9:13pm

    looks entertaining.

  9. Bravestar 09/13/2008 @ 8:46am

    Certainly agree with the comment about it reminding me of the shadow, also V.

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