Hokuto no ken (1986)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Toyoo Ashida

Writers:

Buronson (comic)
Tetsuo Hara (comic)

Release Date:

27 September 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

After a nuclear holocaust tears the world apart, mankind is forced to the harshness of not only the oppression of others who are much more powerful...

Plot Keywords:

Nuclear Holocaust | Teacher Student Relationship | Blood | Kidnapping | Cut Into Pieces

Cast

Akira Kamiya	...	Kenshirô
Yuriko Yamamoto	...	Yuria (Julia)
Kenji Utsumi	...	Ken-Ô (Raoh)
Chikao Ôtsuka	...	Jagi
Toshio Furukawa	...	Shin
Kaneto Shiozawa	...	Rei
Tomiko Suzuki	...	Rin (Lynn)
Teiyû Ichiryûsai	...	Bat (Bart) (as Mie Suzuki)
Arisa Andô	...	Airi
Junji Chiba	...	Ryûken
Hidekatsu Shibata	...	Zeed
Junpei Takiguchi	...	Heart
Takeshi Aono	...	Fox
Hiroshi Ôtake	...	Jackal
Daisuke Gôri	...	Uighur

Also Known As:

Fist of the North Star

Runtime:

Spain:105 min | USA:110 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Spain:13 | Iceland:16 | USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Company:

Toei Doga

Trivia:

Similarly, Kenshiro makes a cameo in Vampire Hunter D as a villager during the scene where the Count’s messenger arrives in the village to give the candle to Rei Ginsei.

Quotes:

Brave Old Villager: Why? Why would the man who killed Zender and saved our village send these animals here to kill us? I can't believe the fist of the north star would do such a thing!
Abusive Bad Guy: Oh yeah? Guess again!
[Raises his big hammer to kill but gets forcely and unexpectedly hit by Rei]
Abusive Bad Guy: Who's that guy?
Rei: My name is Rei and I am looking for the man you describe. The man with the seven wounds who calls himself fist of the north star.
Abusive Bad Guy: I'll give you this much. You got gutts walking in like this. Give me that! So, with all due respect. I'll let you be the one who cut his head off.
Rei: That's quite an honor but I hate for you to miss all that fun on my account. Are you sure about this?
Abusive Bad Guy: Hey, what are friends for right?
[Rei easily and quickly uses the weapon on the bad guy]
Abusive Bad Guy: [Before dying] Wait a minute, I was talking about the other guy.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spin off Last Battle (1989) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Heart of Madness

Manga's ultimate masterpiece beyond senses!

Trust me Manga films don't get any better with this work of art.

Fist of the North Star score one hell of a knock out. Plently of bloody mayhem with heads exploding gigantic characters being destroyed with a single blow to the head and a World ceasing to to live only to be reborn.

No matter how good a Manga flick gets nothing (for me anyway) will top this timeless classic. What an awful remake it was for a feature film with second rate actors not even being able to breath so much life as Manga did for there's.

Knock'em Dead, Fist of the North Star rules!