20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End

2008•2h 22m•

★6.7(106 ratings)

Science FictionAdventureMystery

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

Writers

Yasushi Fukuda, Takashi Nagasaki, Naoki Urasawa, Yusuke Watanabe

Main Cast

Toshiaki Karasawa

Kenji Endô

Takako Tokiwa

Yukiji

Teruyuki Kagawa

Yoshitsune

Hidehiko Ishizuka

Maruo

Takashi Ukaji

Mon-chan

Hiroyuki Miyasako

20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End

2008•2h 22m•

★6.7(106 ratings)

Science FictionAdventureMystery

Overview

Director

Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Writers

Yasushi Fukuda, Takashi Nagasaki, Naoki Urasawa, Yusuke Watanabe

Main Cast

Toshiaki Karasawa

Kenji Endô

Takako Tokiwa

Yukiji

Teruyuki Kagawa

Yoshitsune

Hidehiko Ishizuka

Maruo

Takashi Ukaji

Mon-chan

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Full Crew

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Satoru Karasawa

Editing

Editor: Nobuyuki Ito

Art Direction

Production Design: Naoki Soma

Visual Effects

VFX Supervisor: Kôji Nozaki
Visual Effects Director: Kazuya Sakagami

Did You Know?

The original title is "20世紀少年－第1章－終わりの始まり" (JA).

With a budget of $20.0M, the film grossed $31.2M — a profit of $11.2M (56% ROI).

The runtime is 142 minutes (2h 22m).

It was a co-production between: Japan, Thailand.

The film was directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.

The screenplay was written by Yasushi Fukuda and Takashi Nagasaki.

Cinematography was handled by Satoru Karasawa.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt1155705.

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