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Fist of the North Star (movie)



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Alternative title:
El Puño de la Estrella del Norte (Spanish) 
Fist of the Big Dipper 
Fist of the North Star The Movie: The Legend of the Coming Century's Saviour 
Gekijō-ban Seikimatsu Kyūseishu densetsu Hokuto no Ken (Japanese) 
Ken il guerriero: il film (Italian) 
Ken le survivant - Le film (French) 
Ken, the Great Bear Fist 
Кулак Северной Звезды - Фильм (Russian) 
劇場版 世紀末救世主伝説 北斗の拳 (Japanese) 
북두의 권: 세기말 구세주 전설 (Korean) 
Genres: science fiction 
Themes: revenge 
Objectionable content: Intense 
Plot Summary: It is the near future, where the world has been ravaged by a nuclear war and civilization is defined only by survival. Kenshiro is betrayed by Shin, who takes his girlfriend Yuria as his possession, and left for dead by his treacherous brother Jagi, while his elder brother Raoh kills their master Ryuken on his quest to conquer the lands. One year later, upon hearing the silent cries of Lin, Kenshiro reemerges from the shadows to exact his revenge on Jagi and Shin, and battle Raoh to claim his rightful title of Fist of the North Star. 
Ratings: 544 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 47 votes (sub:31, dub:14, raw:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Excellent: 60 votes (dub:28, sub:27, ?:2, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 97 votes (sub:52, dub:39, ?:2, others:4
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 Good: 119 votes (sub:67, dub:44, raw:1, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Italian edited dub
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Decent: 82 votes (sub:40, dub:39, ?:1, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 37 votes (sub:18, dub:15, edit.dub:3, ?:1)
 Not really good: 35 votes (sub:18, dub:11, edit.dub:2, ?:1, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
)
 Weak: 32 votes (dub:15, sub:13, ?:1, others:3
1 German subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Korean dubbed
)
 Bad: 18 votes (dub:11, sub:5, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 German dubbed
)
 Awful: 7 votes (sub:5, dub:2)
 Worst ever: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:2, ?:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1180 s, rank: #1038 (of 9996)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.572 (Good−), std. dev.: 2.3125, rank: #5734 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 6.495 (Decent+), rank: #5907 (of 10154) (seen all: 6.52 / seen some: 7.48 / won't finish: 3.64)
Bayesian estimate: 6.518 (Good−), rank: #5396 (of 7635)
Running time: 110 minutes 
Vintage: 1986 
Premiere date:
1986-03-08 (Japan) 
2024-10-14 (Italy) 
Release dates: We have 9
Ending Theme:
"Purple Eyes" by the Kodomo Band 
Insert song:
"Heart of Madness" by Kodomo Band 
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 2
Comment:
Alternate retelling of the TV series, with character and plot elements rearranged from the manga's first 75 chapters. Unlike the TV series, the film retains the manga's violence and gore.
An alternate ending was animated for the VHS release in Japan in 1988. Instead of Raoh preparing to kill an unconscious Kenshiro, the scene has both combatants still standing before Lin stops the fight. This scene, as well as some of the film's graphic death scenes, were not remastered for the 2008 Japan DVD release. 
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Fist of the North Star - The Movie (Blu-ray) 2018-05-29 (from $29.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Fist of the North Star - The Movie (DVD) 2009-05-19 (from $22.00)
    Fist of the North Star (Dub.DVD) 1998-11-17 (from $24.98)
LaserDisc
    Fist of the North Star [Dub] (LD) 1991-11-27

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Toyoo Ashida 
Screenplay: Susumu Takaku 
Original Manga:
Tetsuo Hara 
Character Design: Masami Suda 
Art Director: Motoyuki Tanaka 
Animation Director: Masami Suda 
Sound Director:
Kanji Fukunaga 
Director of Photography: Tamio Hosoda 
Executive producer: Chiaki Imada 

Art Coordinator:
Takeshi Torimoto 
Art Direction Supervisor: Yūji Ikeda 
Assistant Art Director: Kazuo Ebisawa 
Assistant Director:
Masahiro Hosoda 
Background Art:
Toshikatsu Sanuki 
Bassist: Seiji Katsu 
Cinematography: Tamio Hosoda 
Editing: Masaaki Hanai 
Editing Assistant: Shigeru Nishiyama 
Finish Check:
Tsutomu Tsukada 
In-Between Animation:
Yuzumi Enosawa 
In-Between Check:
Katsunori Kimizuka 
Key Animation:
Yoshitaka Yashima 
Negative Editing: Mari Kishi 
Paint:
Yūko Suzuki 
Planning:
Yoshio Takami 
Production manager: Matsuji Kishimoto 
Recording: Tanekichi Imaseki 
Recording Assistant: Kimitaka Kawasaki 
Sound Effects:
Michihiro Itō (E&M) 
Special Effects:
Nobuhiro Shimokawa 
Technical Assistant: Mikio Mori 
Theme Song Arrangement: Tsuyoshi Ujiki 
Theme Song Composition: Tsuyoshi Ujiki 
Theme Song Lyrics: Tsuyoshi Ujiki 
Theme Song Performance: Tsuyoshi Ujiki 
Tracing:
Yoriko Watanabe 
Xerography:
Tomoko Totsuka 
Akira Kamiya as Kenshirō 

Arisa Andō as Airi 
Chikao Ōtsuka as Jagi 
Kaneto Shiozawa as Rei 
Kenji Utsumi as Raoh (Ken-Oh) 
Mie Suzuki as Bat 
Tomiko Suzuki as Lin 
Toshio Furukawa as Shin 
Yuriko Yamamoto as Yuria 

Banjō Ginga as Z Punk w/ seeds 
Daisuke Gōri as Uighur 
Hiroshi Ōtake as Jackal 
Jōji Yanami as Galf 
Junji Chiba as Ryūken 
Junpei Takiguchi as Heart 
Kōhei Miyauchi as Old Man 
Kōji Yada as Colonel 
Reiko Suzuki as Old Woman 
Shigeru Chiba as Kubaru (saw-head man) 
Takeshi Aono as Fox 
Takeshi Watabe as Kiba Daiō (Fang King) 
Tarō Ishida as Narrator 
Yōko Kawanami as Dying Woman 
Yūsaku Yara as Jūjiken Nunchaku man 

Japanese companies
Animation Production: Toei Animation 
Backgrounds: Studio Jack 
Development: Toei Chemical Industry 
Distributor: Toei Company, Ltd. 
Music Production: Pony Canyon 
Production:
Toei Animation 
Production Coordination:
VAP 
Recording Studio: Toei Audio Visual Art Center 
Sound Effects: E&M Planning Center 
Technical Assistant: Continental Far East Inc. 
English staff
English cast
Director: Carl Macek 
Producer:
Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray) 

Blu-Ray Authoring: Justin Sevakis 
Dialogue Editing: Tom Wyner 
Editing: Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray) 
Marketing: Svea Macek 
Menu Design: Gary Swarer (Discotek Blu-ray) 
Packaging Design: Gary Swarer (Discotek Blu-ray) 
Post Production Associate: Tom Merchant 
Post-Production Coordinator: Jerry Beck 
Promotion: Svea Macek 
Publicity: Fred Patten 
Screenplay adaptation: Carl Macek 
Sound Editing: Thomas Chan 
Special Thanks To: Russell Smith (Discotek Blu-ray) 
Subtitle Proofing: Logan Rebholz (Discotek Blu-ray) 
Testing: Caesar Lopez (Discotek Blu-ray) 
John Vickery as Ken 
Melodee M. Spevack as Julia 
Wally Burr as Raoh 

Dan Woren as Jagi 
Gregory Snegoff as Rei 
Holly Sidell as Lynn 
Tony Oliver as Bat 

Barbara Goodson as Alei 
Carl Macek as Fox 
Catherine Battistone as Old Woman 
Dave Mallow as
Guard Captain 
Hart 
Doug Stone as Torture Victim 
Edie Mirman as Screamer 
Gregory Snegoff as Uygle 
James Avery as Fang 
Jeff Corey as
Narrator 
Ryūken 
Kirk Thornton as Head Banger 
Lisa Michaelson as Dying Woman 
Michael Forest as
Jackel 
Zenda  (Zeed) 
Steve Bulen as
Galf 
Nunchaku Thug 
Wise Man 
Tom Wyner as Thugmeister  (Fox) 
Wendee Lee as Pillage Victim 
English companies
ADR Production: Streamline Pictures 
Distributor:
Image Entertainment 
DVD Distribution: Image Entertainment (License Expired) 
Internet Streaming:
Viewster 
Licensed by:
Streamline Pictures (License Expired) 
Recording Studio: Wally Burr Recording 
French cast
French staff
(none)
Philippe Ogouz as Ken 

Daniel Russo as Shin 
Patrick Messe as Rei 

Daniel Russo as
Fox 
Mr Heart 
Mr Uyghur 
Jean-François Kopf as
Colonel Golan 
Gulf 
Luc Florian as
Fang 
Jackal 
Raoul 
Patrick Messe as Zayde 
Philippe Ogouz as
le pâtriarche 
Ryuken 
Sophie Gormezzano as Julia, Iriée 
Virginie Méry as
Bart 
Lynn 

French companies
ADR Production: SOFI 
Broadcaster:
Mangas 
Distributor:
Shuriken 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Luis de Val 

Screen Inserts: Alberto Trifol (Spain dub) 
José Antequera as Raoh (Catalan dub) 
Juan Antonio Bernal as Shin (Spain dub) 
Mercedes Domingo as Julia (Spain dub) 
Miguel Ángel Jenner as Raoh (Spain dub) 
Neus Sendra as Julia (Catalan dub) 
Oriol Rafel as Kenshirô (Spain dub) 
Pep Ribas as Shin (Catalan dub) 
Ramon Canals as Kenshirô (Catalan dub) 

Albert Trifol Segarra as Bart (Spain dub) 
Domenech Farell as Jagi (Catalan dub) 
Elisabet Bargalló as Bart (Catalan dub) 
Javier Viñas as Jagi (Spain dub) 
Núria Trifol as Lynn (Catalan dub)  (Spain dub) 
Oriol Rafel as Rei (Catalan dub) 

Alex Meseguer as Uighur (Catalan dub) 
Amadeu Aguado as Fox (Catalan dub) 
Ignasi Abadal as Narrador (Catalan dub) 
Jesús Díez as Ryûken (Catalan dub) 
Joaquim Sota as
Jackal (Catalan dub) 
Zeed (Catalan dub) 
Jordi Vila as
Coronel (Catalan dub) 
Heart (Catalan dub) 
Josep María Zamora as Kiba Daiô (Catalan dub) 
Oriol de Balle as Vàndal (Catalan dub) 
Spanish companies
Broadcaster:
TV3 (Televisió de Catalunya) 
Distributor: Manga Films (Spain) 
Dubbing Studio:
Q.T. Lever (Spain dub)  (Catalan dub) 
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Director:
Giorgio Bassanelli Bisbal (new dub 2024) 
Translation: Enrico Croce (new dub 2024) 

Dialogues:
Giorgio Bassanelli Bisbal (new dub 2024) 
Dubbing Assistence: Aaron Prando (new dub 2024) 
Dubbing Engineer: Roberto Rossi (new dub 2024) 
Mixing: Claudio Toselli (new dub 2024) 
Mixing Supervision: Giorgio Bassanelli Bisbal (new dub 2024) 
Synchronization: Paolo Brunori (new dub 2024) 
Alessio Cigliano as Ken (new dub 2024) 
Ludovica Marineo as Julia 
Massimo Milazzo as Shin 
Sergio Luzi as Ken 

Alessandro Rossi as Raul (new dub 2024) 
Alice Villevieille Lionello as Lynn (new dub 2024) 
sco Caruso as Raul 
Gianluca Tusco as Jagger (new dub 2024) 
Graziella Polesinanti as
Bart (new dub 2024) 
Bart bambino 
Marcello Mandò as Jagi 
Marta Rapperini as Aili (new dub 2024) 
Myriam Catania as Julia (new dub 2024) 
Sandro Acerbo as Shin (new dub 2024) 
Simone D'Andrea as Rei (new dub 2024) 
Toni Orlandi as Jagy 

Ermanno Ribaudo as Uighur (new dub 2024) 
F. Cardelli as Narrator 
Gaetano Lizzio as Zeta (new dub 2024) 
Giorgio Bassanelli Bisbal as Cuori (new dub 2024) 
Ludovica Marineo as Lynn 
Marcello Mandò as Heart 
Marco Mete as Colonnello dell’armata di Dio (new dub 2024) 
Massimo Milazzo as Ryuken 
Norman Mozzato as Ryuken (new dub 2024) 
Pierluigi Astore as Padre del clan della zanna (new dub 2024) 
Rodolfo Traversa as Gulf (new dub 2024) 
Stefano Macchi as Fox (new dub 2024) 

Carlo Valli (new dub 2024) 
Claudio Senesi (new dub 2024) 
Cristiana Lionello (new dub 2024) 
Davide Pietrobono (new dub 2024) 
Enrico Croce (new dub 2024) 
Fabrizio Pesce (new dub 2024) 
sco Venditti (new dub 2024) 
Franco Mannella (new dub 2024) 
Gianfranco Miranda (new dub 2024) 
Loris Bondesan (new dub 2024) 
Luca Pernisco (new dub 2024) 
MASSIMO TRIGGIANI (new dub 2024) 
Maurizio Merluzzo (new dub 2024) 
Paolo Clementi (new dub 2024) 
Sara Giacopello (new dub 2024) 
Stefano Crescentini (new dub 2024) 
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Man-Ga 
Distributor:
Yamato Video  (new dub 2024) 
Publisher: Granata Press 
Sound: Sound Farm 999 (new dub 2024) 
German staff
German cast
(none)
Daniel Werner as Ken 
Volker Wolf as Shin 

Axel Ludwig as Yagi 
Norman Matt as Bat 

Heinz Ostermann as Ryuken 
Ilya Welter as Airi 
Jürg Löw as Raoh 
Reinhard Schulat as Heart 
Thomas Lang as Narrator 

German companies
Distributor:
Polygram  
Swedish staff
Swedish companies
(none)
Distributor: Ozon Media 
Swedish cast
(none)

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