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Release Date:
August 19, 2008
Original Title:
20世紀少年 -第1章- 終わりの始まり
Alternate Titles:
20-seiki shônen: Honkaku kagaku bôken eiga
20th Century Boys - Chapter 1: Beginning of the End
20th Century Boys 1
20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End
20th Century Boys Chapter 1: Beginning of the End
20th Century Boys I
20th century boys - Chapitre 1 - Le début de la fin
20世紀少年
20世紀少年:最強科學冒險電影
20世纪少年 第1章 完结的开始
20세기소년 : 제1장 강림
Genres:
Adventure | Mystery | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
Cine Bazar
TOHO
Production Countries:
Japan | Thailand
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA 15+ DE: 16 FR: U
Runtime: 142
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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Comic Book:
Naoki Urasawa
Director:
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Director of Photography:
Satoru Karasawa
Editor:
Nobuyuki Ito
Executive Producer:
Seiji Okuda
Music:
Ryomei Shirai
Audio Highs
Producer:
Morio Amagi
Ryûji Ichiyama
Nobuyuki Iinuma
Kiyoshi Inoue
Futoshi Ohira
Screenplay:
Yasushi Fukuda
Takashi Nagasaki
Naoki Urasawa
Yusuke Watanabe
VFX Supervisor:
Kôji Nozaki
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