Genre:
Fantasy + Drama

Synopsis:
Growing older is rough and Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him. On top of trying to make ends meet running a convenience store he has to care for the niece that his missing sister left in his care. Memories of youth make it easier, until those memories come back to haunt him. Kenji and his old friends are slowly being drawn into a mysterious conspiracy that could threaten the world. Someone they know from the past is turning their childhood ideas of bio weapons, mass destruction, and a giant killer robots into reality. Who is the mysterious "Friend" and how does he tie into Kenji's youth? Why are there disappearances and deaths tied into Ochanomizu University? Their memories hold the keys to the puzzle, but time and age have clouded their minds.The strange occurrences and the reach of the "Friend" conspiracy grow by the day. It will all culminate on New Year's Eve 2000. Will Kenji and the others be able to put together the puzzle and save the world?
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Casts:
Toshiaki Karasawa ... Kenji 'Kenji' Endo
Etsushi Toyokawa ... Choji 'Occho' Ochiai
Takako Tokiwa ... Yukiji 'Yukiji' Setoguchi
Muneyoshi Abiko ... Young Yamane
Hirofumi Araki ... Britney
Arata ... The Thirteenth
Cynthia Cheston ... Ambassador's wife
Naohito Fujiki ... Detective Chono
Kaoru Fujiwara ... Young Sadakiyo
Arata Furuta ... Haruo Nami
Hanawa ... Man on Screen
Rina Hatakeyama ... Young Kanna
Shinichi Hatori ... Anchorman
Yûki Himura ... Friendship Party Member
Renji Ishibashi ... Manjome
Kenjiro Ishimaru ... Police Superintendent
Hidehiko Ishizuka ... Michihiro 'Maruo' Maruo
Teruyuki Kagawa ... Tsuyoshi 'Yoshitsune' Minamoto
Nana Katase ... Mika Shikishima
Naoko Ken ... Jiji-Baba
Haruka Kinami ... Kyoko Koizumi
Fumiyo Kohinata ... Akio Yamane
Eiko Koike ... Takasu
Masao Komatsu ... Chinese Restaurant Master
Masahiro Komoto ... Kanna's Teacher
Hitomi Kuroki ... Kiriko Endo
Ken Maeda ... Mariah
Tamaki Matsumoto ... Young Yukiji
Fred McQueen ... Secretary General Bracharz
Ken Mitsuishi ... Yama-san
Mirai Moriyama ... Kakuta
Katsuo Nakamura ... God
Katsuhisa Namase ... Saburo 'Donkey' Kido
Kazuhiko Nishimura ... Detective Saiki
Masahiko Nishimura ... Chinese Restaurant Master
Jun Nishiyama ... Young Kenji
Yoshihiro Nozoe
Naomasa Rokudaira ... Father Nitani
Raita Ryu ... Cho-san
Yusuke Santamaria ... Kiyoshi 'Sadakiyo' Sada
Kuranosuke Sasaki ... Tetsuya 'Fukubee' Hattori
Sumie Sasaki ... Neighbor of Yamane
Jiro Sato ... Officer with a spot
Osamu Shitara ... Friendship Party Member
Airi Taira ... Kanna Endo
Kenichirô Tanabe ... Ujiki
Ken Tanaka
Yoji Tanaka ... Detective Higashino
Toru Tezuka ... Kaneko
Kazuo Tokumitsu ... Chairman of the ceremony
Takashi Ukaji ... Masaaki 'Mon-chan' Shimon
Sakae Umezu ... Theater Orner
Shigenori Yamazaki

Superheroes:
Kenji

Villains:
Friend (more)

Runtime:
139 min

Also Known As:
20-seiki shônen: Dai 2 shô - Saigo no kibô

Country:
Japan

Based on the manga/comic book:
"20th Century Boys" created by Naoki Urasawa

Internal links:
20th Century Boys Chapter 3 .. (2009)
20th Century Boys (2008)

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