Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro

Oct 11, 2008

1h 23m

★ 6.7

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.

Genres

Animation

Action

Drama

Production Companies

TMS Entertainment

Go! Cinema

Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro Trailers

Cast

Kenshirô (voice)

Hiroshi Abe

Yuria (voice)

Yuriko Ishida

Danne (voice)

Romi Park

Fugen (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Yaman (voice)

Keiichi Nanba

Saya (voice)

Mina Tominaga

Amo (voice)

Hiromi Konno

Siska (voice)

Shozo Iizuka

Guruma (voice)

Tessyo Genda

Zinnia (voice)

Shigeru Chiba

Jugai (voice)

Rikiya Koyama

Gades (voice)

Tetsu Inada

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