Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 11, 2008

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

TMS Entertainment,Go! Cinema

Cast

Hiroshi Abe,Yuriko Ishida,Romi Park,Takeshi Aono,Keiichi Nanba,Mina Tominaga,Hiromi Konno,Shozo Iizuka,Tessyo Genda,Shigeru Chibaand 5 more

Director

Kobun Shizuno

Writer

Yoshiyuki Okamura,Tetsuo Hara,Nobuhiko Horie,Toshiki Hirano

Producer

Yusei Kato,Yoshioka Masahito

Cinematography

Masato Sato

Music

Yuki Kajiura

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0456978