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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End

20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End

Part of 20th Century Boys Collection

2008•2h 22m•6.7/10
Science FictionAdventureMystery

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6.7/10(106)

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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Production

Cine Bazar, TOHO, Toho Eizo Bijutsu, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Shogakukan, VAP, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, dentsu, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Office Crescendo, d-rights, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System

Language

JA

Status

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Release Date

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Cast

Toshiaki Karasawa

Toshiaki Karasawa

Kenji Endô

Takako Tokiwa

Takako Tokiwa

Yukiji

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

Yoshitsune

Hidehiko Ishizuka

Hidehiko Ishizuka

Maruo

Takashi Ukaji

Takashi Ukaji

Mon-chan

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Keroyon

Katsuhisa Namase

Katsuhisa Namase

Donkey

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Yamane

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Kuranosuke Sasaki

Fukubê

Shiro Sano

Shiro Sano

Yan-bô

Shiro Sano

Shiro Sano

Mâ-bô

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Moroboshi

Takashi Fujii

Takashi Fujii

Friendship Party Promotor

Hanako Yamada

Hanako Yamada

Friendship Party Promotor

Etsushi Toyokawa

Etsushi Toyokawa

Otcho

Nana Katase

Nana Katase

Miki Shikishima

Hitomi Kuroki

Hitomi Kuroki

Kiriko Endo

Mirai Moriyama

Mirai Moriyama

Comic Artist

Arata Iura

Arata Iura

Kai Ato

Kai Ato

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