Country
Japan
Date
Aug 19, 2008
2h 22min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
Videos
Plot
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?
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Fumiyo Kohinata | Yamane |
| Kuranosuke Sasaki | Fukubê |
| Shiro Sano | Yan-bô |
| Shiro Sano | Mâ-bô |
| Kanji Tsuda | Moroboshi |
| Takashi Fujii | Friendship Party Promotor |
| Hanako Yamada | Friendship Party Promotor |
| Etsushi Toyokawa | Otcho |
| Nana Katase | Miki Shikishima |
| Hitomi Kuroki | Kiriko Endo |
| Mirai Moriyama | Comic Artist |
| Arata Iura | |
| Kai Ato | |
| Shinya Kito |
Genres
Science FictionAdventureMystery
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | 20世紀少年 －第1章－ 終わりの始まり |
| Lingua originale | 日本語 (JA) |
| Lingue parlate | 日本語 |
| Paesi di produzione | Japan, Thailand |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Cine Bazar, TOHO, Toho Eizo Bijutsu, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Shogakukan, VAP, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, dentsu, Yomiuri Shimbun Company, Office Crescendo, d-rights, Sapporo Television Broadcasting Company, Miyagi Television Broadcasting, Shizuoka Daiichi Television, Hiroshima Telecasting, Fukuoka Broadcasting System |
| Sito ufficiale | 4digitalmedia.com |
| Data di uscita | 19 agosto 2008 |
| Exec. Producer | Seiji Okuda |
| Producer | Morio Amagi, Ryûji Ichiyama, Nobuyuki Iinuma, Kiyoshi Inoue, Futoshi Ohira |
| Writer | Yasushi Fukuda, Takashi Nagasaki, Naoki Urasawa, Yusuke Watanabe |
| Casting | Shinji Saito |
| Editors | Nobuyuki Ito |
| Cinematography | Satoru Karasawa |
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| Asst. Directors | Tatsuya Shirashi, Yukihiko Tsutsumi |
| Lighting | Akio Kimura |
| Camera Operators | Satoru Karasawa |
| Add. Photography | Satoru Karasawa |
| Production Design | Naoki Soma |
| Art Direction | Naoki Soma |
| Set Decoration | Naoki Soma |
| Visual Effects | Kôji Nozaki, Kazuya Sakagami |
| Stunts | Yuta Morokaji |
| Composer | Ryomei Shirai, Audio Highs, Mitsuo Tokita |
| Sound | Ryomei Shirai, Audio Highs, Mitsuo Tokita |
| Collezione | 20th Century Boys Collection |
| Budget | 20.000.000 € |
| Incasso | 31.244.858 € |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Country
Taiwan
Date
Oct 17, 2008
Country
France
Date
Jan 14, 2009
Certification
U
Country
United States
Date
Aug 28, 2009
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Country
Germany
Date
Sep 28, 2009
Certification
16
Physical media
Country
Australia
Date
Sep 01, 2010
Certification
MA 15+
Note
DVD
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