

20th Century Boys: 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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $20M
- Box office
- $31.2M
- Language
- Japanese
- london, england
- bangkok, thailand
- cult
- conspiracy
- osaka, japan
- giant robot
- tokyo, japan
- terrorism
- based on manga
- childhood friends
- mysterious death
- political conspiracy
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Japan, Thailand
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical28 Aug 2009
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalMA 15+DVD1 Sept 2010
FranceFR
- TheatricalU14 Jan 2009
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1628 Sept 2009
JapanJP
- Theatrical19 Aug 2008
TaiwanTW
- Theatrical17 Oct 2008
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20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End was released on 19 August 2008.
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