Aug 19, 2008
142 min
Full-HD

20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (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?

Category

Science Fiction Adventure Mystery

Country

Japan Thailand

Companies

Cine Bazar TOHO

Toshiaki Karasawa

Kenji Endô

Takako Tokiwa

Yukiji

Teruyuki Kagawa

Yoshitsune

Hidehiko Ishizuka

Maruo

Takashi Ukaji

Mon-chan

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Keroyon

Namase Katsuhisa

Donkey

Fumiyo Kohinata

Yamane

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