Additional information for 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End, which has a domestic theatrical release set for October 25, 2009. The film is being distributed by Viz Pictures and has not yet been rated. 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End has a total running time of 142 minutes.
12
South Korea
IIB
Hong Kong
PG
Singapore
15
UK
MA
Australia
16
Germany
13+
Canada
142min
Twentieth Century Boys
International
Twentieth Century Boys
Japan
20-seiki shônen dai 1 shô: Owari no hajimari
Japan
20th Century Boys
International
20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End
USA
Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter One
International
August 30, 2008
Japan
September 11, 2008
South Korea
September 25, 2008
Hong Kong
October 16, 2008
Singapore
October 17, 2008
Taiwan
January 14, 2009
France
January 23, 2009
USA
April 19, 2009
Belgium
May 04, 2009
UK
August 15, 2009
USA
September 28, 2009
Germany
October 26, 2010
Spain
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Based on the hugely successful, award winning manga series created by Naoki Urasawa (Yawara; Monster), 20TH CENTURY BOYS is the first instalment of the mind-blowing, three-part live-action adaptation of the epic sci-fi fantasy adventure originally inspired by the T. Rex song 20th Century BoyIn 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? (Official UK synopsis for Theatrical and DVD release; used with permission of UK license holder 4Digital Asia)
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Director(s)
Yasushi Fukuda
Takashi Nagasaki
Naoki Urasawa
Yûsuke Watanabe
Naoki Urasawa
Writer(s)
Morio Amagi
producer
Xaypani Baccam
producer
Ryûji Ichiyama
producer
Nobuyuki Iinuma
producer
Kiyoshi Inoue
line producer
Futoshi Ohira
co-producer
Seiji Okuda
executive producer
Producer(s)
Ryomei Shirai
Composer(s)
Kenji Endô
Toshiaki Karasawa
Otcho
Etsushi Toyokawa
Yukiji
Takako Tokiwa
Yoshitsune
Teruyuki Kagawa
Maruo
Hidehiko Ishizuka
Mon-chan
Takashi Ukaji
Keroyon
Hiroyuki Miyasako
Donkey
Katsuhisa Namase
Yamane
Fumiyo Kohinata
Fukubê
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Yan-bô / Mâ-bô
Shirô Sano
Comic Artist
Mirai Moriyama
Moroboshi
Kanji Tsuda
Friendship Party Promotor
Takashi Fujii
Friendship Party Promotor
Hanako Yamada
Masao Tamura
Arata
Mika Shikishima
Nana Katase
Convenience Store Clerk
Chizuru Ikewaki
Kanna Endô
Airi Taira
Shikishima's Students
Taka and Toshi
Shikishima's Student
Takahiro Suzuki
Shikishima's Student
Toshikazu Miura
Men on a Scooter
Orientaru Rajio
Man on a Scooter
Atsuhiko Nakata
Man on a Scooter
Shingo Fujimori
Masato Ikegami
Fumiya Fujii
Rock Singer
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Kenji's Mother
Tomiko Ishii
Pierre Ichimonji
Naoto Takenaka
Yama-san
Ken Mitsuishi
Kenji's Classmate
Tamotsu Ishibashi
Convenience Store Boss (as Yû Tokui)
Yu Tokui
Kenji's Classmate
Masato Irie
Yukiji's Friend
Miyako Takeuchi
Donkey's Wife
Yoriko Dôguchi
Bloody Man
Ken'ichi Endô
Nobuo
Toshikazu Fukawa
President of Orikô Company
Bengaru
Chû-san
Taijirô Tamura
Hama-san
Akio Yokoyama
Based on the hugely successful, award winning manga series created by Naoki Urasawa (Yawara; Monster)...
Director(s)
Takashi Nagasaki
Naoki Urasawa
Yûsuke Watanabe
Naoki Urasawa
Writer(s)
producer
Xaypani Baccam
producer
Ryûji Ichiyama
producer
Nobuyuki Iinuma
producer
Kiyoshi Inoue
line producer
Futoshi Ohira
co-producer
Seiji Okuda
executive producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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