Jul
8
2008
20th Century Boys set to open in Japan August 30th
Posted by luna6 1 Comment
Coming this August 30th to Japan, then opening up in Korea in September, is the big budget Sci-Fi/Mystery film “20th Century Boys.” The film is directed by well known television and movie director Yukihiko Tsutsumi (Happily Ever After/The Bandage Club/The Sword of Alexander). “20th Century Boys” is adapted from the popular Naoki Urasawa’s comic of the same name. Naoki Urasawa also worked on the film as its screenwriter. A song that provided inspiration for the original comic “20th Century Boys” by T-Rex is also featured in the movie.
“20th Century Boys” will come out as a three part trilogy and cost a reported $60 million to make. The film stars Toshiaki Karasawa, Toyokawa, Etsushi, Takako Tokiwa. The film also features a large cast of supporting actors that will total over 300 by the conclusion of the trilogy.
The movie itself deals with a doomsday scenario, with a group of men battling the devil himself to prevent the end of the world. More specifically, a group of boys in the 1960’s wrote the “Book of Prophecy,” envisioning a doomsday scenario with the boys fighting evil forces to save the world. Years later, their predictions start to come to fruition and those boys, who are now adults, band together to fight the mysterious cult figure known as “Friend.” The movie takes place over a 40 year period and has been filmed in many locations throughout the world.
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Absolutely one of my Asian anticipated films from this year. I really want to know how they’ll manage the story on this big screen version.