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New Fist of the North Star: When a Man Carries Sorrow

New Fist of the North Star: When a Man Carries Sorrow

The successor of the assassin's art of Hokuto Shinken gets involved in the conflict between Last Land and Freedom Village.

20045.71h 0m

Overview

Destruction and betrayal take center stage in the latest installment of the New Fist of the North Star series. When Kenshiro returns to find the city in ruins and its citizens tormented, his pain is compounded when he is betrayed and imprisoned by Tobi. As Tobi prepares a brutal assault on Seiji, Kenshiro must summon all of his strength to break free and take put a halt to his former friend's destructive scheme.

Directed by Takashi Watanabe
Written by Nobuhiko Horie, Tetsuo Hara, Yoshiyuki Okamura
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Top Cast

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Kenshirô

Yurika Hino

Yurika Hino

Sâra

Akimitsu Takase

Akimitsu Takase

Tobi

Romi Park

Romi Park

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Themes & Keywords

martial artsfighterpost-apocalyptic futurenuclear holocaustanimeoriginal video animation (ova)

About New Fist of the North Star: When a Man Carries Sorrow

New Fist of the North Star: When a Man Carries Sorrow is a animation, action film released in 2004 exploring themes of martial arts, fighter, post-apocalyptic future, nuclear holocaust, anime, original video animation (ova). Directed by Takashi Watanabe, it stars Takehito Koyasu, Yurika Hino, Akimitsu Takase. Destruction and betrayal take center stage in the latest installment of the New Fist of the North Star series. When Kenshiro returns to find the city in ruins and its citizens tormented, his pain is compounded when he is betrayed and imprisoned by Tobi. As Tobi prepares a brutal assault on Seiji, Kenshiro must summon all of his strength to break free and take put a halt to his former friend's destructive scheme.

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