20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End

20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End

142 mins | Adventure, Science Fiction, Mystery | Aug. 19, 2008

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?

20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End

142 mins | Adventure, Science Fiction, Mystery | Aug. 19, 2008

20th Century Boys 1: 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?
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., Cine Bazar
Original title 20世紀少年 －第1章－ 終わりの始まり
Directors Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Writers Yusuke Watanabe, Naoki Urasawa, Takashi Nagasaki, Yasushi Fukuda

Cast

Toshiaki Karasawa

as Kenji Endô

Takako Tokiwa

as Yukiji

Teruyuki Kagawa

as Yoshitsune

Takashi Ukaji

as Mon-chan

Hiroyuki Miyasako

as Keroyon

Katsuhisa Namase

as Donkey

Fumiyo Kohinata

as Yamane

Kuranosuke Sasaki

as Fukubê

Shiro Sano

as Yan-bô / Mâ-bô

Kanji Tsuda

as Moroboshi

Takashi Fujii

as Friendship Party Promotor

Hanako Yamada

as Friendship Party Promotor

Etsushi Toyokawa

as Otcho

Nana Katase

as Miki Shikishima

Hitomi Kuroki

as Kiriko Endo

Mirai Moriyama

as Comic Artist