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

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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End on IMDb 6.7/10 2,182 votes

Released:
2008-08-19

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?

Director:
Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Runtime:
2h 22min

Genre:
Science Fiction, Adventure, Mystery

  • Cast:
  • Toshiaki Karasawa
    as
    Kenji Endô
  • Takako Tokiwa
    as
    Yukiji
  • Teruyuki Kagawa
    as
    Yoshitsune
  • Hidehiko Ishizuka
    as
    Maruo
  • Takashi Ukaji
    as
    Mon-chan