20-seiki shônen
Brief Synopsis
Centers on a store manager who wrote a prediction about the end of the world when he was a teenager, which seems to be coming true.
Cast & Crew
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Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Director
Toshiaki Karasawa
Etsushi Toyokawa
Takako Tokiwa
Airi Taira
Morio Amagi
Producer
Film Details
Also Known As
20th Century Boys, 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End, 20th Century Boys: Chapter 1, 20th Century Boys: Chapter One, Niju Seiki Shonen, Twentieth Century Boys, Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter 1, Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter One
Genre
Action
Adaptation
Foreign
Thriller
Release Date
2008
Distribution Company
Golden Village; Next Entertainment World (New); Panasia; Toho Company Ltd.; Toho-Towa Company
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 22m
Synopsis
Centers on a store manager who wrote a prediction about the end of the world when he was a teenager, which seems to be coming true.
Director
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Director
Crew
Morio Amagi
Producer
Yasushi Fukuda
Screenplay
Ryuji Ichiyama
Producer
Nobuyuki Iinuma
Producer
Nobuyuki Ito
Editor
Satoru Karasawa
Director Of Photography
Takashi Nagasaki
Screenplay
Futoshi Ohira
Coproducer
Seiji Okuda
Executive Producer
Ryomei Shirai
Original Music
Naoki Soma
Production Designer
Mitsuo Tokia
Sound Department
Naoki Urasawa
Source Material
Naoki Urasawa
Screenplay
Film Details
Also Known As
20th Century Boys, 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End, 20th Century Boys: Chapter 1, 20th Century Boys: Chapter One, Niju Seiki Shonen, Twentieth Century Boys, Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter 1, Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter One
Genre
Action
Adaptation
Foreign
Thriller
Release Date
2008
Distribution Company
Golden Village; Next Entertainment World (New); Panasia; Toho Company Ltd.; Toho-Towa Company
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 22m
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Based on the comic "20-seiki shonen" created by Naoki Urasawa that ran in Big Comic Spirits magazine from 1999 to 2006.
Sequel to "20-seiki shonen" (Japan/2008) directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi and based on the comic "20-seiki shonen" created by Naoki Urasawa.
First film in a planned trilogy with an overall budget of $60,000,000 that will be shot in seven countries.
