20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End

20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End (2008)

19/08/2008
Science Fiction, Adventure, Mystery
2h 22m

Overview

In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes a convenience store manager and leads a regular life after giving up his dreams to become a rock star. His boring life is suddenly turned upside down when his old classmate dies mysteriously and an entire family in the neighbourhood disappears. At the same time, a religious cult and its mysterious leader, Friend emerges and a strange chain of events duplicating exactly the events described in the Book of Prophecies follow. Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Who is Friend?

  • Yukihiko TsutsumiDirector
  • Yasushi FukudaScreenplay
  • Takashi NagasakiScreenplay
  • Original Title

    20世紀少年 -第1章- 終わりの始まり

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

  • Budget

    $20,000,000

  • Revenue

    $31,244,858

Keywords

  • london, england
  • bangkok, thailand
  • cult
  • osaka, japan
  • tokyo, japan
  • based on manga
  • anime

Top Billed Cast

Toshiaki Karasawa

Toshiaki Karasawa

Kenji Endô

Takako Tokiwa

Takako Tokiwa

Yukiji

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Yoshitsune

Hidehiko Ishizuka

Hidehiko Ishizuka

Maruo

Takashi Ukaji

Takashi Ukaji

Mon-chan

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Keroyon

Katsuhisa Namase

Katsuhisa Namase

Donkey

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Yamane

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Fukubê

Shirō Sano

Shirō Sano

Yan-bô

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