20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
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- Movie: 20th Century Boys: The Last Chapter - Our Flag / 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption
- Romaji: 20-seiki shonen: Saishu-sho - Bokura no hata
- Japanese: 20世紀少年 最終章/ぼくらの旗
- Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
- Writer: Naoki Urasawa (manga), Yasushi Fukuda
- Producer: Nobuyuki Iinuma
- Cinematographer:
- Release Date: August 29, 2009
- Runtime: 155 min.
- Production Company: Cine Bazar, NTV, Toho, Shogakukan Productions
- Distributor: Toho
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
The year is 2017 and three years since Friend has governed the world with his Friendship Democratic Party. A destructive virus has hit Tokyo and the government builds a gigantic wall to quarantine the city. Friend makes the revelation that on August 12th at 12:00 the human race will be destroyed by aliens. The only people who will survive are true believers of Friend ...
The resistance continues their battle against the Friendship government. Ocho (Etsushi Toyokawa) discovers Kanna (Airi Taira) has separated from Yoshitsune (Teruyuki Kagawa) & his resistance group. Kanna plans to start a more radical resistance group that will arm themselves heavily. Meanwhile, Kenji (Toshiaki Karasawa) enters the divided city of Tokyo ...
Notes
- "Twentieth Century Boys: Chapter Three" is the third and final installment of the "Twentieth Century Boys" trilogy.
- “20th Century Boys” by Naoki Urasawa was originally serialized in a manga magazine, ‘Shogakukan Big Spirits Comics,’ between 1999 and 2007.
- The manga series has been translated and published in 11 countries, and received many awards both domestically and internationally, including the ‘Best Prize for a Series’ at Angoulême International Comics Festival in France.
- Related titles:
- 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End | 20-seiki shonen (2008)
- 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope | 20-seiki shonen: dai-2-sho (2009)
- 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption | 20-seiki shonen: Saishu-sho - Bokura no hata (2009)
Cast
- Toshiaki Karasawa - Kenji Endo
- Etsushi Toyokawa - Occho
- Airi Taira - Kanna Endo
- Takako Tokiwa - Yukiji
- Hitomi Kuroki - Kirko Endo (Kenji's sister)
- Teruyuki Kagawa - Yoshitsune
- Hiroyuki Miyasako - Keroyun
- Renji Ishibashi - Inshu Manjome
- Naohito Fujiki - Chono
- Naoto Takenaka
- Nana Katase
- Chizuru Ikewaki
- Kuranosuke Sasaki - Fukube
- Fumiyo Kohinata
- Katsuhisa Namase
- Shiro Sano
- Katsuo Nakamura
- Yoriko Douguchi
- Fumiya Fujii
- Hanako Yamada
- Raita Ryu
- Takashi Fujii
- Hiro Masuda
- Hidehiko Ishizuka
- Yukihiro Takahashi - Billy
- Tsuyoshi Ukaji
- Soichiro Kitamura
- Yuko Mano
- Hiroshi Okochi
- Manabu Nakanishi
- Kaoru Fujiwara
- Mari Hayashida
- Ippei Souda
- Tamotsu Ishibashi - Kenji's Classmate
- Hassei Takano
Trailer (Japan)
Trailer (U.S.)
Image Gallery
Film Festivals
- 2009 (42nd) Sitges Film Festival - October 1st-12th - Orient Express - Casa Asia
- 2009 (29th) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 15th-25th - Spotlight on Japan
Awards
- "Rookie of the Year" (Airi Taira) - 2010 (33rd) Japan Academy Prize - March 5, 2010

