20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End
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2008-08-19 • 2h 22m
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?
- Directors
- Yukihiko Tsutsumi
- Editors
- Nobuyuki Ito
20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End
Visit website2008-08-19 • 2h 22m
6.7/10 • 96
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?
- Directors
- Yukihiko Tsutsumi
- Editors
- Nobuyuki Ito
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsToshiaki Karasawa
Kenji Endô
Takako Tokiwa
Yukiji
Teruyuki Kagawa
Yoshitsune
Hidehiko Ishizuka
Maruo
Takashi Ukaji
Mon-chan
Hiroyuki Miyasako
Keroyon
Namase Katsuhisa
Donkey
Fumiyo Kohinata
Yamane
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Fukubê
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- Japanese
- Budget
- $20,000,000.00
- Revenue
- $31,244,858.00
- Keywords
- london, englandbangkok, thailandcultosaka, japantokyo, japanbased on mangaanime