Genre:
Fantasy + Drama

Synopsis:
Growing older is pretty 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. 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?
(from robojapan.blogspot.com)

Casts:
Toshiaki Karasawa ... Kenji
Etsushi Toyokawa ... Otcho
Takako Tokiwa ... Yukiji
Teruyuki Kagawa ... Yoshitsune
Hitomi Kuroki ... Kiriko
Hidehiko Ishizuka ... Maruo
Takashi Ukaji ... Mon-chan
Hiroyuki Miyasako ... Keroyon
Katsuhisa Namase ... Donkey
Fumiyo Kohinata ... Yamane
Kuranosuke Sasaki ... Fukube
ARATA ... Masao Tamura
Nana Katase ... Mika Shikishima
Chizuru Ikewaki ... part-time worker Erika
Mirai Moriyama ... mangaka Kameda
Yu Tokui ... convenience store employee
Miyako Takeuchi ... Setsuko Ichihara
Yoriko Doguchi ... Mitsuko Kido
Kenichi Endo ... bloody man
Ken Mitsuishi ... Yama-san
Shiro Sano ... Yanbo-Mabo
Bengaru ... Oriko president
Tomiko Ishii ... Chiyo Endo
Raita Ryu ... Cho-san
Renji Ishibashi ... Manjoume Inshuu
Katsuo Nakamura ... Kami-sama

Runtime:
142 min

Also Known As:
20-seiki shônen: Honkaku kagaku bôken eiga

Country:
Japan

Superheroes:
Kenji

Villains:
Friend (more)

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

Internal links:
20th Century Boys Chapter 2 .. (2009)
20th Century Boys Chapter 3 .. (2009)

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