20th Century Boys: Beginning of the EndMovie
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?
About 20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End is a 2008 science fiction, adventure, mystery movie directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.
The production information lists a runtime of 2h 22m, production credits from Japan, Thailand, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Toshiaki Karasawa, Takako Tokiwa, Teruyuki Kagawa, Hidehiko Ishizuka. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
