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“Live in the Darkness.”
The capital, Tokyo, had fallen into ruin as a crime-ridden metropolis, day and night, a city where violent offenders roamed the streets. And within that darkness lived a man who had become legend. Known only as ‘Crow,’ he survives in the underworld, hunting down the heads of criminals listed for special police bounty rewards. Journalist Shizuka Matori tracks Crow, determined to uncover the shadows that flicker behind him and the greater conspiracy hiding in the dark. But this city—where the underground powers of Japan, South Korea, and China stand in a fragile stalemate—is overflowing with hidden dangers…
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JA
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.
