Actress Takako Tokiwa and actor Toshiaki Karasawa at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Image from Sankei.

World film premiere of '20th Century Boys' held in Paris

Thursday 21st August, 06:09 PM JST

PARIS —

The world premiere of the new film “20th Century Boys” was on held in Paris on Wednesday.

Actor Toshiaki Karasawa, 45, and actress Takako Tokiwa, 36, were present to introduce the film which is scheduled to be released in 20 countries this year.

The film is based on a popular comic “20th Century Boys” in which children try to predict what might happen in the future.

Tokiwa told attendees of the premiere, “We all love the original comics. So much so that our producers were willing to make this film even without being paid.”

The film consists of three episodes, and the first episode will be released in Japan on August 30, France in Nov or Dec, followed by other countries later.

3 Comments

Notginger at 08:31 AM JST - 22nd August

Is it a Japanese film, based on a Japanese comic? If so, why isn't that mentioned? If not, what's all the fuss about? Shoddy reporting here.
picard at 09:35 AM JST - 22nd August

let me fill in the grand-canyon-sized gaps:

20th Century Boys is a science fiction mystery comic created by Naoki Urasawa. Its central character is Kenji, and it is just awesome. Can't wait to see the film.
bamboohat at 05:30 PM JST - 22nd August

I've seen that trailer a few times, looks pretty cool.

asobimashouuuuuu! says some creepy chick with her whole face filling the movie theater screen.