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?
Cast
Toshiaki Karasawa
as Kenji Endô
Takako Tokiwa
as Yukiji
Teruyuki Kagawa
as Yoshitsune
Hidehiko Ishizuka
as Maruo
Takashi Ukaji
as Mon-chan
Hiroyuki Miyasako
as Keroyon
Katsuhisa Namase
as Donkey
Fumiyo Kohinata
as Yamane
Kuranosuke Sasaki
as Fukubê
Shiro Sano
as Yan-bô
