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 hol..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 22 Minutes
Release Year:
2008
Original Name:
20世紀少年< 第1章> 終わりの始まり
20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008) - Also known as 20世紀少年< 第1章> 終わりの始まり

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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20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008) - Trailer

Release Date:

30 Aug 2008

Language:

Japanese, Thai, English

Director:

Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Writer:

Yasushi Fukuda (screenplay), Takashi Nagasaki (screenplay), Naoki Urasawa (screenplay), Yûsuke Watanabe (screenplay), Naoki Urasawa (manga series "20-seiki shônen")

Main Actors:

Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Teruyuki Kagawa

Plot:

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 ...

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%