20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2009)

  • NR
  • 08/28/2009 (US)
  • Science Fiction, Adventure, Mystery
  • 2h 22m

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?

Naoki Urasawa

Screenplay, Writer

Yusuke Watanabe

Screenplay

Yasushi Fukuda

Screenplay

Takashi Nagasaki

Screenplay

Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Director

Cast

Toshiaki Karasawa's headshot

Toshiaki Karasawa

Kenji Endô
Takako Tokiwa's headshot

Takako Tokiwa

Yukiji
Teruyuki Kagawa's headshot

Teruyuki Kagawa

Yoshitsune
Hidehiko Ishizuka's headshot

Hidehiko Ishizuka

Maruo
Takashi Ukaji's headshot

Takashi Ukaji

Mon-chan
Hiroyuki Miyasako's headshot

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Keroyon
Namase Katsuhisa's headshot

Namase Katsuhisa

Donkey
Fumiyo Kohinata's headshot

Fumiyo Kohinata

Yamane

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