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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End

2008-08-19 · 142 min · ★ 6.7

Science Fiction · Adventure · Mystery

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?

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Directors
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Production companies
Cine Bazar, TOHO, Toho Eizo Bijutsu, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Shogakukan, VAP, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, dentsu, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Office Crescendo, d-rights, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System, Dynamo Pictures
Countries
Japan, Thailand
Status
Released
Budget
USD 20,000,000
Revenue
USD 31,244,858

Top Cast

Toshiaki KarasawaToshiaki KarasawaKenji Endô
Takako TokiwaTakako TokiwaYukiji
Teruyuki KagawaTeruyuki KagawaYoshitsune
Hidehiko IshizukaHidehiko IshizukaMaruo
Takashi UkajiTakashi UkajiMon-chan
Hiroyuki MiyasakoHiroyuki MiyasakoKeroyon
Katsuhisa NamaseKatsuhisa NamaseDonkey
Fumiyo KohinataFumiyo KohinataYamane
Kuranosuke SasakiKuranosuke SasakiFukubê
Shiro SanoShiro SanoYan-bô
Shiro SanoShiro SanoMâ-bô
Kanji TsudaKanji TsudaMoroboshi
Takashi FujiiTakashi FujiiFriendship Party Promotor
Hanako YamadaHanako YamadaFriendship Party Promotor
Etsushi ToyokawaEtsushi ToyokawaOtcho
Nana KataseNana KataseMiki Shikishima
Hitomi KurokiHitomi KurokiKiriko Endo
Mirai MoriyamaMirai MoriyamaComic Artist
Arata IuraArata Iura
Kai AtoKai Ato

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