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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
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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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End opened in theaters August 28, 2009. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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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Cast
Toshiaki KarasawaKenji Endô
Takako TokiwaYukiji
Teruyuki KagawaYoshitsune
Hidehiko IshizukaMaruo
Takashi UkajiMon-chan
Hiroyuki MiyasakoKeroyon
Katsuhisa NamaseDonkey
Fumiyo KohinataYamaneCredits
- Directed by
- Yukihiko Tsutsumi
- Written by
- Yasushi Fukuda, Takashi Nagasaki, Naoki Urasawa, Yusuke Watanabe
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Japanese
- Original title
- 20世紀少年 －第1章－ 終わりの始まり
- Collection
- 20th Century Boys Collection
- Budget
- $20M
- Box office
- $31.2M
Production
Cine BazarJapan
TOHOJapan- Toho Eizo BijutsuJapan
Nippon Television Network CorporationJapan
ShogakukanJapan
VAPJapan