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

  • Aug 19, 2008
  • 2h 22m

6.7/10

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108 votes on TMDB

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About This Movie

20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End is a 2008 science fiction and adventure film directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. Its leading cast includes Toshiaki Karasawa, Takako Tokiwa and Teruyuki Kagawa. It runs for 2 hours 22 minutes. It belongs to the 20th Century Boys Collection. Its original language is Japanese.

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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Time needed
2 hours 22 minutes
Language
Japanese (subtitles or a dub may be needed)
Audience signal
6.7/10 from 108 TMDB votes

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20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008) Trailer · plays from YouTube

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Cast

  • 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 Yamane
  • Kuranosuke Sasaki Fukubê
  • Shiro Sano Yan-bô
  • Shiro Sano Mâ-bô
  • Kanji Tsuda Moroboshi
  • 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

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