A horrifying martial art style has been passed down for 2,000 years.
The Divine Fist of the North Star, named after the sacred Big Dipper.
Tragedy has always followed those who inherit the style!
LEGEND OF THE SAVIOR OF THE CENTURY'S END
You're in shock!
Planning
Tadashi Oka
Yoshinobu Nakaya
(FujiTV)
The sky's falling down with love
Original Manga Buronson Tetsuo Hara
You're in shock!
It's falling down on my chest
Music Director Nozomi Aoki
Even if he binds my burning heart with chains,
Theme Song
"Ai wo Torimodose"
"Yuria... Eien ni"
By Crystal King
Lyrics Kimiharu Nakamura
Music Michio Yamashita
Lyrics Hidetoshi Nomoto
Masayuki Tanaka
Music Hiromi Imakiire
now it's useless...
I'll down the bastard who gets in my way with just one fingertip!
You're in shock!
Heartbeats rise with love
You're in shock!
Production Manager Yoshirou Sugawara
My heartbeat rises
My heart, wandering in search of you, now burns passionately...
Character Design
Masami Suda
It will melt everything and splash against the cruelty!
Art Design
Mitsuki Nakamura
Nobuto Sakamoto
To protect your love with me,
you set off on a journey
And lost sight of tomorrow
I never want to see that your face has forgotten how to smile
Series Director
Toyoo Ashida
Take back the love!
Producer
Yoshio Takami
A long time ago, there were guards that defended
the six gates of the imperial palace.
They stood atop the 108 styles of the South Star Sacred Fist,
and were known as the South Star Six Sacred Fists.
But after the nuclear war, the South Star Six Sacred Fists collapsed.
The seeds of tragedy were thus scattered throughout the world.
Shu, a man who lived with hope for the future...
A hero of the resistance, he challenged
the Holy Emperor Souther who sought to rule the chaotic world.
SHU OF THE SOUTH STAR WHITE HERON FIST!
THE HEAVENS ONLY BESTOW CRUEL DESTINIES!
Who the hell are you!
South Star Sacred Fist style...
So you're Kenshiro, successor to the Divine Fist of the North Star?
Your eyes... are you blind?
Perhaps, but the eyes of my soul are wide open.
My name is Shu, of the South Star White Heron Fist.
South Star White Heron Fist!
Correct. I'm one of the South Star Six Sacred Fists...
following my star's destiny into this chaotic era.
Kenshiro, I'll take you on.
You dodged that quite well.
This is the essence of the South Star White Heron Fist...
Raging Aerial Kick Wave!
Shu-sama!
Fool. Why don't you finish me?
Tell me, why didn't your moves have any intent to kill?
Stop!
Ken, don't fight him!
Lin...
- He saved me and Bat! - It's true. He's not evil at all!
You're strong. Now I know why Rei sided with you.
Sorry, but I couldn't see your power without risking my life.
Here, hold on.
I was Rei's best friend... Shu of the Star of Benevolence.
I've waited for your arrival, Kenshiro.
The only man who can defeat the Holy Emperor Souther!
The successor to the Divine Fist of the North Star!
Souther, with his ambition to rule the century's end...
forced innocent children into brutal slavery...
so they would build his Holy Cross Mausoleum.
Hey! Pull it like you mean it!
My star is the Star of Leadership, the Star of the Southern Cross.
I was born under the Star of Emperor,
and an emperor needs neither love nor sympathy.
I just cannot forgive those who try to steal the light
from children who aim to shine brighter!
The light of children who aim to shine brighter?
Those words! I heard them long ago...
Hey, kid! No slacking off! I'm up next!
So he felt my energy.
Your opponent's over here, you bastard!
- He even beat the ninth guy! - Could he maybe...
Shu! Are you going to fight him?
What's your name?
Kenshiro.
Your tenth and final opponent will be me.
Bring it on!
Shu! Finish him off!
If another style has challenged us,
the loser must not leave here alive!
Thank you.
I'm glad you were the tenth opponent.
You've taught me the severity of the martial arts.
Why aren't you finishing him off, Shu?
If you don't want to...
- Kill him! - No!
- I won't let you kill this boy. - What?
Shu! I won't allow transgressions, not even from you!
I can feel it.
This boy has the hidden potential to shine brighter
and be stronger than anyone!
No one has the right to take that light away from him!
This is the code of the South Star!
I'm not asking this for nothing.
In exchange...
I'll give you my light. Do you have a problem with that?
I have forgotten.
Of the South Star Six Sacred Fists, he is the Star of Benevolence.
The star destined to spread his love,
and live in hope for the future.
But who was that boy?
How did he awaken Shu's destiny as the Star of Benevolence?
The children here have all died fighting the Holy Emperor.
My eyes have lost the light, but not their tears!
Souther will use any means to kill those who oppose him,
even if they are children.
That's how ruthless he is!
That's just too cruel!
That Holy Emperor is insane!
I've struck the most destructive
and lethal secret pressure point, "Jinchukyoku."
You have three seconds to live!
That's impossible!
I'm sure I struck the pressure point!
Your Divine Fist of the North Star won't work on my body.
I was born with an emperor's body!
No one can defeat me!
Then after being held captive, I was saved by Shu's son, Shiba.
Hey, punk!
Did you carry him out of the jail?
Talk! Spit it out or else you're dead meat!
- Where is he? - Hey, say something!
Spit it out!
- Dynamite! - Dynamite!
Father... Farewell!
Shiba!
Souther-sama!
Souther! Prepare to die!
That was pretty close.
Now strike once again.
What?
I wonder if you can sacrifice a hundred hostages?
Shu-sama...
- Shu-sama! - Shu-sama!
Everyone...
Go on, strike if you want! I won't resist you.
Defeating me is your greatest wish.
You can do what even Kenshiro couldn't achieve.
You won't get this chance again.
- Shu-sama! - Shu-sama!
Shu-sama, forget about us!
Please defeat Souther!
- Defeat Souther! - Shu-sama!
How sad it is to bear the Star of Benevolence...
End of the line, Shu!
Shu-sama!
Shu, that holy stone is the apex of the Holy Cross Mausoleum!
It must not touch the ground.
If it does, the hostages will pay with blood!
- Shu-sama! - Shu-sama!
He stood back up!
- Shu-sama! - Shu-sama!
Be strong, my sons...
Is that...?
Ken!
Shu...
Kenshiro...
- I'm coming for you! - No, you will not!
I won't allow you to desecrate the Holy Cross Mausoleum!
If you help Shu, I'll slaughter all the children.
Then I'll have to end your life.
You smart mouthed punk...
Stay back! Don't come any closer!
I must place this holy stone.
This stone holds the lives of a hundred hostages...
and is my penance for not being able to stop...
the South Star Six Sacred Fists from drifting apart!
Shu!
An idiot to the very end...
Souther... This is not for you,
But for the six fallen Nanto Stars!
For the men who bore their stars and died!
For them, I will place this holy stone.
But sooner or later, this Holy Cross Mausoleum will fall...
Crushed by the successor to the Divine Fist of the North Star!
That is the destiny of the South Star!
The Nanto will never shine as the imperial stars!
Shut the hell up!
Shu!
Ken... it seems like the end has come.
I'd wanted to get just a glimpse of how much you have grown!
Shu!
Here's the finishing strike!
Shu!
Is that you, Kenshiro?
It can't be... Can you see?
So that's you, Kenshiro...
I see you... How could this happen?
Shu, can you really see?
God has granted me one last wish...
You've grown strong, Kenshiro.
I can see a resemblance of Shiba in you.
I have no regrets.
The blood of the Star of Benevolence led me down the right path.
Shu...
Go, Kenshiro! Open the path of this age.
I'll always be watching you!
Shiba is waiting... And my wife, too...
Farewell, Kenshiro!
Shu!
The Star of Benevolence has shined brightly in the end.
Farewell, Shu.
It was a remarkable end.
Shu!
Shu, who was destined to live for the Star of Benevolence.
The tears of the Star of Benevolence...
I swore I'd avenge them with my fists.
A man abandoned his love and compassion...
and sought to fulfil only his ambitions!
On the next episode of Fist of the North Star!
HOLY EMPEROR SOUTHER!
YOUR DEEP AFFECTION CONSUMES YOU IN LOVE!
Holy Emperor Souther!
Your Deep Affection Consumes You in Love!
Farewell, Souther of the South Star Phoenix Fist.
Script
Shozo Uehara Toshiki Inoue
Hiroshi Toda Yuuho Hanazono
Tokio Tsuchiya Yukiyoshi Ohashi, etc.
Cast
Akira Kamiya as Kenshiro Shigeru Chiba as Narrator
Mie Suzuki as Bat Tomiko Suzuki as Lin
Swaying within the light is your smile
Katsuji Mori as Shu Banjou Ginga as Souther
Leaving only the sound of footsteps behind,
The silhouette vanishes into the darkness
Directors
Toyoo Ashida Iku Ishiguro
Her satisfied wings flapping, the goddess now turns her back...
Masamitsu Sasaki Atsutoshi Umezawa
Masahisa Ishida Osamu Uemura
Kiyotaka Kantake Akio Mitsuya
Hiromichi Matano Umetarou Saitani
Shigenori Kageyama Shinichi Masaki
Because more than today, more than tomorrow, I want love...
Ichiro Itano Tomoharu Katsumata, etc.
More than dreams, I want you! The one I love, my everything...
Copyrights
Film 漏 1984 TOEI ANIMATION 漏 BURONSON & TETSUO HARA/NSP
1983 漏 NSP, TOEI ANIMATION 1984