Hokuto no Ken Movie (Fist of the North Star: The Movie)

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English: Fist of the North Star: The Movie

Synonyms: Hokuto no Ken (1986)

Japanese: 北斗の拳

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Type: Movie

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Mar 8, 1986

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: Discotek Media

Studios: Toei Animation

Source: Unknown

Genres: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Shounen

Duration: 1 hr. 50 min.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.21¹ (scored by 8,653 users)

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Ranked: #2741²

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Popularity: #3762

Members: 15,008

Favorites: 99

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Following a cataclysmic nuclear war, the world teeters on the brink of complete destruction. Civilization is polarized into a degenerate society where opposing packs of marauding scavengers prey on helpless, homeless nomads. For those who are lucky enough to survive the constant brutality and danger, it is a bleak existence. Life an death blur into abstractions. The only hope left for mankind is to find a hero worthy of becoming the next "Fist of the North Star" - an enlightened warrior - who is capable of leading those with the will to survive out of this barrenness into a new world. But in this savage no-man's land of shifting loyalties and power-hungry demi-gods, heroes are in short supply.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kenshirou

Main

Kamiya, Akira
Japanese

Raou

Supporting

Utsumi, Kenji
Japanese

Rei

Supporting

Shiozawa, Kaneto
Japanese

Jagi

Supporting

Otsuka, Chikao
Japanese

Bat

Supporting

Ichiryuusai, Teiyuu
Japanese

Shin

Supporting

Furukawa, Toshio
Japanese

Yuria

Supporting

Yamamoto, Yuriko
Japanese

Lin

Supporting

Suzuki, Tomiko
Japanese

Ryuuken

Supporting

Chiba, Junji
Japanese

Heart

Supporting

Takiguchi, Junpei
Japanese

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Macek, Carl

Producer, Screenplay, ADR Director

Ashida, Toyoo

Director

Wyner, Tom

Script, ADR Director

Kodomo Band

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"Purple Eyes" by Kodomo Band (movie, edited without vocals)

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Jun 28, 2015

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

lawlmartz (All reviews)

24 people found this review helpful

"To survive in this era, what else can we use but violence?"

Preface:

Kids these days talk about Jojo like it's the manliest, baddest ass, GARest thing there's ever been. Don't get me wrong, Jojo is a lot of fun- but there's always that one that came before, and boy does Fist of the North Star kick some ass.

Warning: not for weak, weenie men.

You want a 30 foot tall guy getting kicked through TWO mountains?
You want brutal, bloody violence, countless decapitations, man openers, vertical splits, exploding heads, dismemberments, disembowelments, and more?!
Ken even karate chop drops a skyscraper on his head and his face just plows through read more

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Jan 15, 2009

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

animegorey (All reviews)

20 people found this review helpful

This is a condensed version of the series. Hard to condense 109 eps into 1 1/2 hours. Not the best or brightest animation, but a cool story with lot's of violence and cool characters. This anime is a bit corny at times as far as it's over the top style. Fight scenes that seem to always end a different, violent way. Many ways to kill a man when you can cause them to explode with the touch of your finger. Eng dub is not good, but it's actually funny (to me anyway) because it's so bad. Keep in mind that this is corny yet violent read more

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Mar 28, 2015

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

literaturenerd (All reviews)

17 people found this review helpful

Overview:

I had to dump my girlfriend because she watched "Fist of the North Star: The Movie" and instantly became a man!

The movie adaptation of Hokuto no Ken attempts to cram over 100 episodes of anime or just over 200 chapters of manga into a 2 hour run time. As you probably guessed, a LOT of character development and world building gets left out and this is a somewhat flawed adaptation of the original because it was so rushed. What it does have is some of the most batshit insane, manly action scenes in the history of anime! This movie absolutely DEFINED anime for a generation of American otaku and is the epitome of GAR that /a/tards worship to this day. Is it a deep, literary masterpiece? Not exactly. Is it skull crushing awesome! Fuck YA!

The plot is that a nuclear war has occurred and the world has become wasteland that is ruled by absurdly ripped, balls out badasses who kill people with their bare hands while doing cheesy impersonations of Bruce Lee. The plot essentially combines a testosterone drenched martial arts B-movie with Mad Max. Occasional attempts are actually made at heavy handed symbolism and depth, but in the movie that is kind of undermined by some absolutely ridiculous shit occurring 2 minutes later. One scene will try REALLY hard to compare Kenshiro to Jesus while wandering around with his long hair, cloak, and Christ beard healing sick children....then 45 seconds later he punches a 30 foot tall, grotesquely fat thug causing him to explode approximately 80 gallons of blood. This movie is best described as a "flawed masterpiece". It is FAR from perfect, but it is entertaining as hell. Fist of the North Star is so manly that it even makes a rather effeminate looking dude who kills people with his long fingernails look manly!

Everything in this movie is hyperbole upon hyperbole taken up to 11!
It not only defined anime in its time, but summed up the entire 1980s decade in terms of popular action cinema. Hokuto no Ken didn't alienate Western viewers by being oddly or uniquely Japanese. It is such an obvious imitation of big dumb American and Australian action movies from the 1980s that it could have been an American cartoon. However, Americans would never have thought to make a cartoon so absurdly violent and allow small children to watch it. This was before the age of 24/7 media coverage where parents are terrified about mass shootings. This was before those little girls were murdered by an Otaku serial killer who cast a profoundly negative light on violent anime and the people that enjoy them. This movie is a historical relic because it ONLY could have been made at that exact point in history. It is like Japan's Rocky 4. Hell, the last scene even contains a metaphor for Mutual Assured Destruction theory because everyone was so worried about nuclear war at the time this was made.

I honestly have a complex Love/hate relation with macho GAR anime. I loved them when I was younger, but I can't stand the loud mouth 12 year olds online today talking out their asses and praising shitty anime just because they think its manly. Once again 4chan is the fucking cancer of the anime reviewing world. However, I could never dislike the Hokuto no Ken movie no matter how flawed it is. This movie is simply too much fun, too awesome, and too historically important for me to truly dislike. If you absolutely HAVE to see a GAR anime, then go watch this one!

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May 28, 2009

1 of 1 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 8

Jazz007 (All reviews)

11 people found this review helpful

ok.... let me put this into perspective...... this ORIGINALLY came out in 1986. FOR IT'S RELEASE TIME.... you had a great story in a post nuclear world! the only thing close to this WAS Mad Max. you had the bad guys you HAD to hate, but they were such bad guys, you liked them as characters & the roles they played. Kung Fu movies were the only thing that was showin' martial arts back then & here was a 'cartoon' that exploited not only martial arts, but different styles that attacked pressure points only & killed you!!

in '86.... that was highly impressive & revolutionary read more

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