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Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro

Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro

20086.71h 23m

Overview

The film's story is a prequel to the Fist of the North Star depicting the one year interval between Kenshiro's defeat at the hands of Shin and their later battle. Unlike the others in the series this film has a completely original storyline in which Kenshiro, near death after his battle with Shin and having used his remaining energy to kill a pack of wolves, was captured by slavers. Due to his strength, Kenshiro could escape whenever he wanted, but chose to stay and protect the other slaves.

Directed by Kobun Shizuno
Written by Yoshiyuki Okamura, Tetsuo Hara, Nobuhiko Horie
Produced by Yusei Kato
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Top Cast

Hiroshi Abe

Hiroshi Abe

Kenshirô (voice)

Yuriko Ishida

Yuriko Ishida

Yuria (voice)

Romi Park

Romi Park

Danne (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Takeshi Aono

Fugen (voice)

Keiichi Nanba

Keiichi Nanba

Yaman (voice)

Mina Tominaga

Mina Tominaga

Saya (voice)

Hiromi Konno

Hiromi Konno

Amo (voice)

Shozo Iizuka

Shozo Iizuka

Siska (voice)

Tessyo Genda

Tessyo Genda

Guruma (voice)

Shigeru Chiba

Shigeru Chiba

Zinnia (voice)

Themes & Keywords

martial artsfighterpost-apocalyptic futureprequelnuclear holocaustshounenanime

About Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro

Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro is a animation, action, drama film released in 2008 exploring themes of martial arts, fighter, post-apocalyptic future, prequel, nuclear holocaust, shounen. Directed by Kobun Shizuno, it stars Hiroshi Abe, Yuriko Ishida, Romi Park. The film's story is a prequel to the Fist of the North Star depicting the one year interval between Kenshiro's defeat at the hands of Shin and their later battle. Unlike the others in the series this film has a completely original storyline in which Kenshiro, near death after his battle with Shin and having used his remaining energy to kill a pack of wolves, was captured by slavers. Due to his strength, Kenshiro could escape whenever he wanted, but chose to stay and protect the other slaves.

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