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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-08-19
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102 Votes
Time: 2h 22m
Overview:
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?
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan,
Thailand
Budget: $20,000,000.00
Revenue: $31,244,858.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Cine Bazar
Toho Eizo Bijutsu
Movie: 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Top 10 Billed Cast
唐沢寿明
Kenji Endô
常盤貴子
Yukiji
香川照之
Yoshitsune
石塚英彦
Maruo
宇梶剛士
Mon-chan
宮迫博之
Keroyon
生瀬勝久
Donkey
小日向文世
Yamane
佐々木蔵之介
Fukubê
佐野史郎
Yan-bô
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