20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Genres
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?
Details
Budget
$20000000
Revenue
$31244858
Runtime
142 min
Release Date
2008-08-19
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
100
Vote Average
6.7
Toshiaki Karasawa
Kenji Endô
Takako Tokiwa
Yukiji
Teruyuki Kagawa
Yoshitsune
Hidehiko Ishizuka
Maruo
Takashi Ukaji
Mon-chan
Hiroyuki Miyasako
Keroyon
Katsuhisa Namase
Donkey
Fumiyo Kohinata
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Kuranosuke Sasaki
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Shiro Sano
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Shiro Sano
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Kanji Tsuda
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Takashi Fujii
Friendship Party Promotor
Hanako Yamada
Friendship Party Promotor
Etsushi Toyokawa
Otcho
Nana Katase
Miki Shikishima
Hitomi Kuroki
Kiriko Endo
Mirai Moriyama
Comic Artist
Arata Iura
Kai Ato
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