20th Century Boys 3: Redemption

2009 2h 36m JA

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 69

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Synopsis

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The final showdown, and the final reveal. Who is Friend? How can he be stopped?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Toshiaki Karasawa
Kenji Endo
Etsushi Toyokawa
Otcho
Airi Taira
Kanna Endo
Takako Tokiwa
Yukiji
Teruyuki Kagawa
Yoshitsune
Naoto Takenaka
Pierre Ichimonji
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Katsumata
Renji Ishibashi
Inshû Manjôme

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Writers: Yasushi Fukuda
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 156 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "20th Century Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, shot by Satoru Karasawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ryomei Shirai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Nobuyuki Ito shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Toshiaki Karasawa and Etsushi Toyokawa and Airi Taira carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1181919 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Yukihiko Tsutsumi directs. Satoru Karasawa behind the camera. Ryomei Shirai scores. Nobuyuki Ito cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 156 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Part of the "20th Century Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi, shot by Satoru Karasawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Ryomei Shirai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Nobuyuki Ito shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Toshiaki Karasawa and Etsushi Toyokawa and Airi Taira carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt1181919 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 69 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 9 themes, including "secret identity", "dystopia", "cult", "dictatorship".
11Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Satoru Karasawa
Original score: Ryomei Shirai
Editing: Nobuyuki Ito
Production design: Naoki Soma
Stunt coordinator: Yuta Morokaji
Runtime: 156 min · 2h 36m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009)

Part of

20th Century Boys Collection

Kenji and his friends in the club created an amateur comic book that imagined an apocalyptic future in which strange illnesses and bands of armed insurgents threatened to destroy the world. A fanatical cult known as Friend found the book and they've made it their business to turn it into a reality, and now Kenji and his old friends have to infiltrate the cult and stop them before it's too late.