20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (20世紀少年 -第1章- 終わりの始まり) 16 years old

20th Century Boys 1: 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?

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20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End Cast

Name Character
Nana Katase She was 26, now 43 years old as Miki Shikishima
Hitomi Kuroki She was 48, now 64 years old as Kiriko Endo
Etsushi Toyokawa He was 47, now 62 years old as Otcho
Fumiyo Kohinata He was 55, now 70 years old as Yamane
Teruyuki Kagawa He was 43, now 58 years old as Yoshitsune
Hiroyuki Miyasako He was 39, now 54 years old as Keroyon
Takako Tokiwa She was 37, now 52 years old as Yukiji
Shirō Sano He was 54, now 69 years old as Mâ-bô
Shirō Sano He was 54, now 69 years old as Yan-bô
Hidehiko Ishizuka He was 47, now 62 years old as Maruo
Katsuhisa Namase He was 48, now 64 years old as Donkey
Takashi Ukaji He was 47, now 62 years old as Mon-chan
Toshiaki Karasawa He was 46, now 61 years old as Kenji Endô
Kuranosuke Sasaki He was 41, now 56 years old as Fukubê
Kanji Tsuda He was 44, now 59 years old as Moroboshi
Hanako Yamada She was 42, 24 years old when she died as Friendship Party Promotor
Takashi Fujii He was 23, now 38 years old as Friendship Party Promotor
Mirai Moriyama He was 23, now 40 years old as Comic Artist

20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End Crew

Name Department
Seiji Okuda as Executive Producer. He was 53 (now 68) years old Production
Yasushi Fukuda as Screenplay. He was 47 (now 62) years old Writing
Morio Amagi as Producer. Production
Nobuyuki Iinuma as Producer. Production
Kiyoshi Inoue as Producer. He was 95 (87) years old when He died Production
Satoru Karasawa as Director of Photography. Camera
Nobuyuki Ito as Editor. Editing
Yukihiko Tsutsumi as Director. He was 53 (now 69) years old Directing
Takashi Nagasaki as Screenplay. He was 53 (now 68) years old Writing
Naoki Urasawa as Screenplay. He was 49 (now 64) years old Writing
Yusuke Watanabe as Screenplay. He was 38 (now 54) years old Writing
Ryûji Ichiyama as Producer. Production
Futoshi Ohira as Producer. Production
Ryomei Shirai as Music. Sound
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20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (16 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
  • Runtime: 142 minutes
  • Budget: 20000000.00
  • Revenue: 31244858.00