20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End [36683] Released: 2008-08-19 Revenue: $31,244,858 Budget: $20,000,000 Profit: $11,244,858 Runtime: 142 mins Popularity: 1.5721 Vote Average: 6.7 Vote Count: 100 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? Cast [20] Toshiaki KarasawaKenji Endô Takako TokiwaYukiji Teruyuki KagawaYoshitsune Hidehiko IshizukaMaruo Takashi UkajiMon-chan Hiroyuki MiyasakoKeroyon Katsuhisa NamaseDonkey Fumiyo KohinataYamane Kuranosuke SasakiFukubê Shirō SanoYan-bô Shirō SanoMâ-bô Kanji TsudaMoroboshi Takashi FujiiFriendship Party Pro Hanako YamadaFriendship Party Pro Etsushi ToyokawaOtcho Nana KataseMiki Shikishima Hitomi KurokiKiriko Endo Mirai MoriyamaComic Artist Arata Iura Kai Ato Hompage: http://www.4digitalmedia.com/20cb/index.html Trailers 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008) Trailer