20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End

Details

Summaries

Years after a schoolboy writes a book of prophecies, a mysterious super-villain uses it as his master-plan of world destruction.

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 neighborhood 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.—Noel Kardaris

Details

Keywords
  • london england
  • tokyo japan
  • bangkok thailand
  • osaka japan
  • twin boys
Genres
  • Adventure
  • Fantasy
  • Mystery
  • Sci-Fi
Release date Aug 29, 2008
Countries of origin Japan
Official sites Official site Official site
Language English Japanese Thai
Filming locations Bangkok, Thailand
Production companies Dentsu Nippon Television Network (NTV) Cine Bazar

Box office

Budget $20000000
Gross worldwide $38231562

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 22m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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 Boy

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? (Official UK synopsis for Theatrical and DVD release; used with permission of UK license holder 4Digital Asia)

All Filters
页面:/details/20th-century-boys-1-beginning-of-the-end-103210.html | 耗时:0.1289 s | 内存:2.25 MB | 查询:11 | 缓存读取:18 写入:11 | 加载文件:25
SELECT * FROM db_content WHERE id=103210 LIMIT 0,1;
SELECT * FROM db_content_data WHERE id=103210 LIMIT 0,1;
SELECT id,name,pinyin,url FROM db_category WHERE id in(1017,1119,1168,1194) ;
SELECT id,name,pinyin,url FROM db_renwu WHERE id in(225064,80912) ;
SELECT id,name,pinyin,url FROM db_renwu WHERE id in(82000,225065,182520) ;
SELECT id,name,pinyin,url FROM db_renwu WHERE id in(108495,19827,97610,56172) ;
SELECT id,name,pinyin,url FROM db_liupai WHERE id in(1002,1004,1005,1007) ;
SELECT id,name,pinyin,url FROM db_yuyan WHERE id in(1009,1022,1000) ;
SELECT id,name,pinyin,url FROM db_paishedidian WHERE id in(1211) ;
SELECT id,name,pinyin,url FROM db_shengchangongsi WHERE id in(3163,1183,3031) ;
SELECT id,name,pinyin,url FROM db_guanjianci WHERE id in(2879,8780,1107,6340,35242) ;