K-20: Legend of the Mask is a Japanese superhero action film that is set in an slightly alternate 1949 where Japan had surrendered before World War II even began. As a result, the country is now very steampunk and divided amongst social classes, where the rich cannot marry the poor, everyone must work within their own class, and so on. The masked man K-20 is actually the villain and he's the one who starts terrorizing the city, stealing priceless works of art and other technological innovations for unknown reasons. He frames Hekichi Endo (a talented small time circus acrobat) played by Takeshi Kaneshiro, who escapes capture and goes after K-20, not only unraveling the mystery behind the masked dark villain, but in the process of becoming a vigilante Japanese hero of his own.
The special effects action extravaganza
K-20: Legend of the Black Mask is coming out in the UK on Blu-ray disc and DVD on 10th Jan 2011, no US and other as yet.