CinemaOSMovie · 2008 · 2h 22m

20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End

67%(108)IMDbScience FictionAdventureMystery

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?

Directed byYukihiko Tsutsumi

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Status
Released
Runtime
2h 22m
Language
JA
Released
August 19, 2008
Budget
$20,000,000
Revenue
$31,244,858
Studios
Cine BazarTOHONippon Television Network Corporation

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20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008) Trailer

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Shiro Sano

Shiro Sano

Yan-bô

Creative team
Directed by
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Written by
Naoki Urasawa
Naoki Urasawa
Yusuke Watanabe
Produced by
Ryûji Ichiyama
Morio Amagi

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