20th Century Boys (2 Disc)

Featuring: Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa & Takako Tokiwa

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20th Century Boys seems to have been inspired in parts of the story by the works of Stephen King, containing allusions to It and The Stand. However, the story draws allusions mostly from rock and roll, with its title based on T. Rex's famous 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'?


  • Japan Premiere Documentary
  • Paris Premiere Featurette
  • Cast Interviews
  • UK Trailer
  • Japanese Trailers
ActorsToshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa & Takako Tokiwa
DirectorYukihiko Tsutsumi
Certificate15 years and over
Year2008
LanguagesJapanese
SubtitlesEnglish
Duration2 hours and 20 minutes (approx)
RegionRegion 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players.

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 True to the original!

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Having read the entire manga, I felt it necessary to see this film and I was not disappointed (like I was with death note, for example). The movie follows the manga almost exactly, and its a very intelligently written story.

I can't say much more without ruining parts of it but the movie, like the manga, had me not wanting to stop, even for a second.

 Great manga adaptation

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Saw this film at the Leeds international Film Festival and loved every minute of it (Apart from the last 15 minutes where it was too dark to make things out, fault of the cinema I think, not the film).

The film has some great action, great story and some nicely timed comedic moments (Particularly at the beginning of the film, the whole cinema was erupting in laughter). These points makes this film a winner in my eyes.

I won't go into the plot details as I don't want to spoil it for the rest of you but be warned that this film is the first part in a trilogy of films so the ending might dissapoint people who aren't aware of this fact.

Overall this is a great adaptation and is definitly worth a purchase.

5/5

Definitly reccomended as after I left the cinema I kept going over some moments of this film in my head for at least a good few weeks, which to me is a sign of a great film.

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