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

ALL 08/19/2008 (ja) Science Fiction, Adventure, Mystery 142 Min
  • Release
    08/19/2008
  • Production
    Cine Bazar, TOHO
  • Rotten tomato
    66.76%
  • Original title
    20世紀少年 －第1章－ 終わりの始まり
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 31,244,858.00
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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?

  2. Story

  3. Nobuyuki Ito

    Editor



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  1. Toshiaki Karasawa

    Kenji Endô

  2. Takako Tokiwa

    Yukiji

  3. Teruyuki Kagawa

    Yoshitsune

  4. Hidehiko Ishizuka

    Maruo

  5. Takashi Ukaji

    Mon-chan

  6. Hiroyuki Miyasako

    Keroyon

  7. Namase Katsuhisa

    Donkey

  8. Fumiyo Kohinata

    Yamane

  9. Kuranosuke Sasaki

    Fukubê

  10. Shirō Sano

    Yan-bô

  11. Shirō Sano

    Mâ-bô

  12. Kanji Tsuda

    Moroboshi

  13. Takashi Fujii

    Friendship Party Promotor

  14. Hanako Yamada

    Friendship Party Promotor

  15. Etsushi Toyokawa

    Otcho

  16. Nana Katase

    Miki Shikishima

  17. Hitomi Kuroki

    Kiriko Endo

  18. Mirai Moriyama

    Comic Artist

  19. Arata Iura

  20. Kai Ato

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 20 , Crews : 15

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20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008) 142 Min

ALL 08/19/2008 (ja)
Science Fiction, Adventure, Mystery
  • Release 08/19/2008
  • Production
    Cine Bazar, TOHO
  • Original title 20世紀少年 －第1章－ 終わりの始まり
  • ja
  • Revenue31,244,858.00

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?

  1. Yukihiko Tsutsumi

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Nobuyuki Ito

    Editor

  4. Futoshi Ohira, Kiyoshi Inoue, Ryûji Ichiyama, Nobuyuki Iinuma, Morio Amagi

    Producer



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