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?
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End (2008)
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
At a glance
Countries
Japan, Thailand
Ratings
TMDB users
6.7/10
106 votes
Rating consensus
67/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~67/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Toshiaki Karasawa
Kenji Endô
Takako Tokiwa
Yukiji
Teruyuki Kagawa
Yoshitsune
Hidehiko Ishizuka
Maruo
Takashi Ukaji
Mon-chan
Hiroyuki Miyasako
Keroyon
Katsuhisa Namase
Donkey
Fumiyo Kohinata
Yamane
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Fukubê
Shiro Sano
Yan-bô
Shiro Sano
Mâ-bô
Kanji Tsuda
Moroboshi
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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End (2008)
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
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