Re: [scifinoir2] Movie - K-20
The Returner is on my list as well. I think my list is close to 900 movies now... On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Right off the bat, I want to know how he survived that initial jump without snapping both his ankles... And toss in the fact that the lead, Takeshi Kanashiro, was also the star of one truly underrated flick Returnerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v4pWshsQ1U, and I'm there! On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: This movie is kind of a cross between Zorro, Batman, and Desperado set in an alternate universe where WW2 never happened. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnJnoo6SCYfeature=player_embedded K-20 : The Legend of The Mask (2008) Trailer 4 commentshttp://www.yellowcinema.com/j-movie-k-20-the-legend-of-the-mask-2008/#comments Posted by tarc on Aug 7, 2010 in Actionhttp://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/action/ , Adventure http://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/adventure/, Crime http://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/crime/, Dramahttp://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/drama-movies/ http://www.yellowcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/K-20DVD01a1.jpg Its 1949 and World War II never happened. Nikola Tesla has just won a Nobel Prize rather than dying in obscurity and the Japanese Empire is an undying aristocracy where the rich sip tea out of bone china, while the poor die in the gutters. K-20, the Fiend with Twenty Faces, steals from the rich and gives to himself. But now, on the eve of the marriage between society princess, Yoko Hashiba, and chief of police, Kogoro Akechi, the fiend frames simple circus acrobat Hekichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) for his crimes and the poor sap is arrested and sentenced to death. But he escapes at thelast minute and assumes the guise of K-20 in order to clear his good name. *Also Known As:*“K-20: Kaijin nijû mensô den” *Director: Shimako Sato Country: *Japan *Language: *Japanese *Subtitle:* English *Year: *2008 *Genre:* Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Movie - K-20
I loved Returner so much that, ten minutes after seeing it for the first time on PPV, I owned it. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 2:27 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: The Returner is on my list as well. I think my list is close to 900 movies now... On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Right off the bat, I want to know how he survived that initial jump without snapping both his ankles... And toss in the fact that the lead, Takeshi Kanashiro, was also the star of one truly underrated flick Returnerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v4pWshsQ1U, and I'm there! On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: This movie is kind of a cross between Zorro, Batman, and Desperado set in an alternate universe where WW2 never happened. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnJnoo6SCYfeature=player_embedded K-20 : The Legend of The Mask (2008) Trailer 4 commentshttp://www.yellowcinema.com/j-movie-k-20-the-legend-of-the-mask-2008/#comments Posted by tarc on Aug 7, 2010 in Actionhttp://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/action/ , Adventure http://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/adventure/, Crime http://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/crime/, Dramahttp://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/drama-movies/ http://www.yellowcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/K-20DVD01a1.jpg Its 1949 and World War II never happened. Nikola Tesla has just won a Nobel Prize rather than dying in obscurity and the Japanese Empire is an undying aristocracy where the rich sip tea out of bone china, while the poor die in the gutters. K-20, the Fiend with Twenty Faces, steals from the rich and gives to himself. But now, on the eve of the marriage between society princess, Yoko Hashiba, and chief of police, Kogoro Akechi, the fiend frames simple circus acrobat Hekichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) for his crimes and the poor sap is arrested and sentenced to death. But he escapes at thelast minute and assumes the guise of K-20 in order to clear his good name. *Also Known As:*“K-20: Kaijin nijû mensô den” *Director: Shimako Sato Country: *Japan *Language: *Japanese *Subtitle:* English *Year: *2008 *Genre:* Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Movie - K-20
ahar...@earthlink.net I've seen Returner and yes, it is a very excellent SF action film. Amy From: Martin Baxter Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 6:13 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Movie - K-20 I loved Returner so much that, ten minutes after seeing it for the first time on PPV, I owned it. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 2:27 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: The Returner is on my list as well. I think my list is close to 900 movies now... On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: Right off the bat, I want to know how he survived that initial jump without snapping both his ankles... And toss in the fact that the lead, Takeshi Kanashiro, was also the star of one truly underrated flick Returner, and I'm there! On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: This movie is kind of a cross between Zorro, Batman, and Desperado set in an alternate universe where WW2 never happened. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnJnoo6SCYfeature=player_embedded K-20 : The Legend of The Mask (2008) Trailer 4 comments Posted by tarc on Aug 7, 2010 in Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama Its 1949 and World War II never happened. Nikola Tesla has just won a Nobel Prize rather than dying in obscurity and the Japanese Empire is an undying aristocracy where the rich sip tea out of bone china, while the poor die in the gutters. K-20, the Fiend with Twenty Faces, steals from the rich and gives to himself. But now, on the eve of the marriage between society princess, Yoko Hashiba, and chief of police, Kogoro Akechi, the fiend frames simple circus acrobat Hekichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) for his crimes and the poor sap is arrested and sentenced to death. But he escapes at thelast minute and assumes the guise of K-20 in order to clear his good name. Also Known As:“K-20: Kaijin nijû mensô den” Director: Shimako Sato Country: Japan Language: Japanese Subtitle: English Year: 2008 Genre: Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
Re: [scifinoir2] Movie - K-20
Amy, after talking about it yesterday, I had to put down my pencil and dig out my copy. Left me smiling. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Amy Harlib ahar...@earthlink.net wrote: ahar...@earthlink.net I've seen Returner and yes, it is a very excellent SF action film. Amy *From:* Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, August 23, 2010 6:13 AM *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: [scifinoir2] Movie - K-20 I loved Returner so much that, ten minutes after seeing it for the first time on PPV, I owned it. On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 2:27 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: The Returner is on my list as well. I think my list is close to 900 movies now... On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: Right off the bat, I want to know how he survived that initial jump without snapping both his ankles... And toss in the fact that the lead, Takeshi Kanashiro, was also the star of one truly underrated flick Returnerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v4pWshsQ1U, and I'm there! On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: This movie is kind of a cross between Zorro, Batman, and Desperado set in an alternate universe where WW2 never happened. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnJnoo6SCYfeature=player_embedded K-20 : The Legend of The Mask (2008) Trailer 4 commentshttp://www.yellowcinema.com/j-movie-k-20-the-legend-of-the-mask-2008/#comments Posted by tarc on Aug 7, 2010 in Actionhttp://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/action/ , Adventure http://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/adventure/, Crime http://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/crime/, Dramahttp://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/drama-movies/ http://www.yellowcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/K-20DVD01a1.jpg Its 1949 and World War II never happened. Nikola Tesla has just won a Nobel Prize rather than dying in obscurity and the Japanese Empire is an undying aristocracy where the rich sip tea out of bone china, while the poor die in the gutters. K-20, the Fiend with Twenty Faces, steals from the rich and gives to himself. But now, on the eve of the marriage between society princess, Yoko Hashiba, and chief of police, Kogoro Akechi, the fiend frames simple circus acrobat Hekichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) for his crimes and the poor sap is arrested and sentenced to death. But he escapes at thelast minute and assumes the guise of K-20 in order to clear his good name. *Also Known As:*“K-20: Kaijin nijû mensô den” *Director: Shimako Sato Country: *Japan *Language: *Japanese *Subtitle:* English *Year: *2008 *Genre:* Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
[scifinoir2] Movie - K-20
This movie is kind of a cross between Zorro, Batman, and Desperado set in an alternate universe where WW2 never happened. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnJnoo6SCYfeature=player_embedded K-20 : The Legend of The Mask (2008) Trailer 4 commentshttp://www.yellowcinema.com/j-movie-k-20-the-legend-of-the-mask-2008/#comments Posted by tarc on Aug 7, 2010 in Actionhttp://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/action/ , Adventure http://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/adventure/, Crimehttp://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/crime/ , Drama http://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/drama-movies/ http://www.yellowcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/K-20DVD01a1.jpg Its 1949 and World War II never happened. Nikola Tesla has just won a Nobel Prize rather than dying in obscurity and the Japanese Empire is an undying aristocracy where the rich sip tea out of bone china, while the poor die in the gutters. K-20, the Fiend with Twenty Faces, steals from the rich and gives to himself. But now, on the eve of the marriage between society princess, Yoko Hashiba, and chief of police, Kogoro Akechi, the fiend frames simple circus acrobat Hekichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) for his crimes and the poor sap is arrested and sentenced to death. But he escapes at thelast minute and assumes the guise of K-20 in order to clear his good name. *Also Known As:*“K-20: Kaijin nijû mensô den” *Director: Shimako Sato Country: *Japan *Language: *Japanese *Subtitle:* English *Year: *2008 *Genre:* Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Movie - K-20
ahar...@earthlink.net I saw this at the 2009 NYAFF and it's wonderful! Don't miss it! Cheers! Amy From: Mr. Worf Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 6:33 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Movie - K-20 This movie is kind of a cross between Zorro, Batman, and Desperado set in an alternate universe where WW2 never happened. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnJnoo6SCYfeature=player_embedded K-20 : The Legend of The Mask (2008) Trailer 4 comments Posted by tarc on Aug 7, 2010 in Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama Its 1949 and World War II never happened. Nikola Tesla has just won a Nobel Prize rather than dying in obscurity and the Japanese Empire is an undying aristocracy where the rich sip tea out of bone china, while the poor die in the gutters. K-20, the Fiend with Twenty Faces, steals from the rich and gives to himself. But now, on the eve of the marriage between society princess, Yoko Hashiba, and chief of police, Kogoro Akechi, the fiend frames simple circus acrobat Hekichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) for his crimes and the poor sap is arrested and sentenced to death. But he escapes at thelast minute and assumes the guise of K-20 in order to clear his good name. Also Known As:“K-20: Kaijin nijû mensô den” Director: Shimako Sato Country: Japan Language: Japanese Subtitle: English Year: 2008 Genre: Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Movie - K-20
Right off the bat, I want to know how he survived that initial jump without snapping both his ankles... And toss in the fact that the lead, Takeshi Kanashiro, was also the star of one truly underrated flick Returnerhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v4pWshsQ1U, and I'm there! On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: This movie is kind of a cross between Zorro, Batman, and Desperado set in an alternate universe where WW2 never happened. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHnJnoo6SCYfeature=player_embedded K-20 : The Legend of The Mask (2008) Trailer 4 commentshttp://www.yellowcinema.com/j-movie-k-20-the-legend-of-the-mask-2008/#comments Posted by tarc on Aug 7, 2010 in Actionhttp://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/action/ , Adventure http://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/adventure/, Crimehttp://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/crime/ , Drama http://www.yellowcinema.com/category/genre/drama-movies/ http://www.yellowcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/K-20DVD01a1.jpg Its 1949 and World War II never happened. Nikola Tesla has just won a Nobel Prize rather than dying in obscurity and the Japanese Empire is an undying aristocracy where the rich sip tea out of bone china, while the poor die in the gutters. K-20, the Fiend with Twenty Faces, steals from the rich and gives to himself. But now, on the eve of the marriage between society princess, Yoko Hashiba, and chief of police, Kogoro Akechi, the fiend frames simple circus acrobat Hekichi Endo (Takeshi Kaneshiro) for his crimes and the poor sap is arrested and sentenced to death. But he escapes at thelast minute and assumes the guise of K-20 in order to clear his good name. *Also Known As:*“K-20: Kaijin nijû mensô den” *Director: Shimako Sato Country: *Japan *Language: *Japanese *Subtitle:* English *Year: *2008 *Genre:* Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script? -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
