20th Century Boys: 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?
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3 films
Cast
20 people
Toshiaki Karasawa
Kenji Endô
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Teruyuki Kagawa
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Tales from Earthsea
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Hidehiko Ishizuka
Maruo
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Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Takashi Ukaji
Mon-chan
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Hanzawa Naoki
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Hiroyuki Miyasako
Keroyon
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Kamikaze Girls
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Katsuhisa Namase
Donkey
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My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
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Fumiyo Kohinata
Yamane
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Inuyashiki
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Kuranosuke Sasaki
Fukubê
Known for
Godzilla Minus One
Summer Time Machine Blues
Shiro Sano
Yan-bô / Mâ-bô
Known for
Violent Cop
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Kanji Tsuda
Moroboshi
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Takashi Fujii
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Yukihiko Tsutsumi Director · Yasushi Fukuda Screenplay Takashi Nagasaki Screenplay
Worldwide gross $31M · Budget $20M · United States release August 28, 2009
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$31,244,858
Gross vs. budget
1.6×
Production
Cine Bazar
Production
TOHO
Production
Toho Eizo Bijutsu
Production
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Production
Shogakukan
Production
VAP
Production
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
Production
dentsu
Production
Yomiuri Shimbun Company
Production
Office Crescendo
Production
d-rights
Production
Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company
Production
Miyagi Television Broadcasting
Production
Shizuoka Daiichi Television
Production
Hiroshima Telecasting
Production
Fukuoka Broadcasting System
Production
Dynamo Pictures
Production
Japan · Thailand
Produced in
Languages
Original title
20世紀少年 －第1章－ 終わりの始まり
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 19, 2008
Theatrical
United States · August 28, 2009
Theatrical
Australia
September 1, 2010 · Physical · DVD
France
January 14, 2009 · Theatrical
Germany
September 28, 2009 · Theatrical
Taiwan
October 17, 2008 · Theatrical
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