Fist of the North Star (1986 movie)

Fist of the North Star
Japanese Name	北斗の拳
Romaji Name	Hokuto no Ken
Director	Toyoo Ashida
Producer	Ken Ariga; Yoshio Takami
Writer	Susumu Takaku
Music	Katsuhisa Hattori
Studio	Toei Animation
Year(s) Aired	March 8, 1986

The Fist of the North Star (北斗の拳, Hokuto no Ken) movie is a 1986 animated film based on Fist of the North Star manga produced by Toei Animation that loosely adpats the first 75 chapters of the manga.

Plot Summary[edit]

This section requires expansion.

Cast[edit]

Character	Japanese voice actor	English dub actor
Kenshiro	Akira Kamiya	John Vickery as Ken
Yuria	Yuriko Yamamoto	Melodee Spivack as Julia
Raoh	Kenji Utsumi	Wally Burr
Jagi	Chikao Otsuka	Dan Woren
Shin	Toshio Furukawa	Michael McConnohie
Rei	Kaneto Shiozawa	Gregory Snegoff
Rin	Tomiko Suzuki	Holly Sidell as Lynn
Bat	Mie Suzuki	Tony Oliver
Airi	Arisa Ando	Barbara Goodson as Alei
Ryuken	Junji Chiba	Jeff Corey as Ryuuken
Zeed	Hidekatsu Shibata	Mike Forest as Zenda
Heart	Junpei Takiguchi	Dave Mallow as Hart
Fox	Takeshi Aono	Tom Wyner
Jackal	Hiroshi Otake	Carl Macek as Jackel
Uyghur	Daisuke Gori	Gregory Snegoff as Uygle
Fang Clan Chieftain	Takeshi Watabe	James Avery as Fang
Galf	Joji Yanami	Tom Wyner as Thugmeister
Rin's Village's Elder	Kohei Miyauchi	Steve Bulen as Wise Man
Colonel	Koji Yada	Dave Mallow as Captain
Nunchaku Thug	Yusaku Yara	Steve Bulen
Kubaru	Shigeru Chiba	Kirk Thornton as Head Banger
Z Gang	Banjo Ginga Ryoichi Tanaka Yasuo Tanaka	Steve Bulen Mike Forest Dave Mallow Kirk Thornton
Old Woman	Reiko Suzuki	Catherine Battistone
Dying Woman	Yoko Kawanami	Lisa Michelson
Additional Voices (Thugs/Villagers)	Masayuki Kato Michitaka Kobayashi Masaharu Sato Ikuya Sawaki Kozo Shioya Yasuo Tanaka	Steve Bulen Wally Burr Barbara Goodson Wendee Lee as Pillage Victim Edie Mirman as Screamer Doug Stone as Torture Victim Kirk Thornton
Narrator	Taro Ishida	Jeff Corey

Controversy[edit]

The Fist of the North Star movie features noticeably much more violence and gore than that of the anime, causing backlash against Toei Animation. They censored the scenes by putting single color filters or rainbow effects over them. The censorship was partially restored by the Italian VHS release.

Gallery[edit]

Inside illustration

External[edit]

Fist of the North Star (partially lost original uncensored version of anime film; 1986) at the Lost Media Wiki

Site Navigation[edit]

Anime

Anime		Fist of the North Star • Fist of the North Star 2 • Fist of the Blue Sky • Re:Genesis

Movies and OVAs		1986 Movie • New Fist of the North Star • Legend of the True Savior

Spin-offs		Legends of the Dark King • DD Fist of the North Star (flash) DD Fist of the North Star • DD Fist of the North Star 2 + Strawberry Flavor

Live Action		Live-Action Film • Musical