20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End (2008)
Synopsis
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?
Release Date: 2008-08-19
Runtime: 142 minutes
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Budget: $20,000,000 USD
Revenue: $31,244,858 USD
Top Cast
- Toshiaki Karasawa as Kenji Endô
- Takako Tokiwa as Yukiji
- Teruyuki Kagawa as Yoshitsune
- Hidehiko Ishizuka as Maruo
- 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
Soundtrack
Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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