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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
2008
142 min
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?
Ratings
3.5
Details
Release Date
2008-08-19
Runtime
142 min
Original Language
Japanese
Languages
Japanese
Production Companies
Cine Bazar
TOHO
Countries
Japan
Thailand
Genres
Science Fiction
Adventure
Mystery