One man carves out his own destiny!
One man defies the heavens!
That is the 2,000 year destiny of the Divine Fist of the North Star.
Behold!
That long, bloody history will now come to an end!
LEGEND OF THE SAVIOR OF THE CENTURY'S END
You cannot love with a cool heart
Planning
Tadashi Oka
Yoshinobu Nakao
(FujiTV)
Original Manga Buronson Tetsuo Hara
Even if you tire of waiting the dawn will never come
Music Director Nozomi Aoki
He stands alone...
Theme Song
By
Lyrics Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Music Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Lyrics Tsuyoshi Ujiki
Music KATZ & JICK
Production Manager Yoshirou Sugawara
He searches for his dreams in the flames...
That sway in darkness
Character Design
Masami Suda
Art Design
Mitsuki Nakamura
Motoyuki Tanaka
The thirsty heart...
Series Director
Toyoo Ashida
Searches and cries
Producer
Yoshio Takami
Unable to see tomorrow...
At the edge of this never-ending journey!
THE CAPITAL OF THE SOUTH STAR TREMBLES!
THE TWO BROTHERS OF THE NORTH STAR FINALLY ARRIVE!
Yuria...
Yuria.
What's on your mind, Toh?
Father, why must Raoh...
No, why must Kenshiro and Raoh fight?
They are brothers.
Right. It is the destiny of the Hokuto school,
which has been going on for 2,000 years.
Why must they repeat such foolish battles?
It is that way so that the Divine Fist of the North Star remains...
The art of assassination, inherited by only one successor.
Only one successor...
Toki!
Hang in there, Toki!
Toki, are you alright? Hang in there!
Why?
I only promised to adopt one child.
I don't need two!
What?
Brother...
Climb back up!
The one who climbs up to me will be my son.
The weak can't inherit the Divine Fist of the North Star.
- Brother, go... - Toki?
I'll be fine.
If he adopts you,
you can be the successor to the Divine Fist of the North Star.
You can be the strongest man in the world, just as you've wanted.
Toki...
Don't worry about me. I already promised, didn't I?
I'm strong, too.
Right, brother?
Toki...
He's not coming...
The right pupil is hard to find.
Raoh?
Raoh, you climbed the cliff one-handed?
I won't be adopted without my brother!
I'll take care of Toki myself!
This child...
He may surpass all that I've ever imagined.
Raoh and Toki, along with Kenshiro and Jagi,
began the bloody battle to become the successor
of the Divine Fist of the North Star.
What is an art of assassination?
I'd like to ask you both.
The wild tiger can sense the energy emanating from you.
Assume that the fight will end instantaneously.
Defeat this tiger as if you were to assassinate your enemy.
Incredible!
He froze the tiger with only the energy radiating from his body.
Kenshiro, it seems that tiger had no respect for you.
It's proof that the succession should be mine and not yours.
No, Kenshiro should be feared more.
Before him, the tiger resigned itself to death.
But before Raoh, it feared death.
Raoh's fists cannot be used as an assassination art.
Still, such a powerful style! Just what have you become...
Brothers!
Brothers, why do you say nothing?
He's the youngest, and the runt of our lot!
Doesn't that bother you that he stole our rightful succession?
Don't you understand?
The Divine Fist of the North Star can only have one inheritor!
I know what happens to those who don't inherit the style!
Their fists are sealed, and they're forbidden from using the art!
For some, their fists are crushed...
For others, their memories are completely erased!
For 2,000 long years, that's the fate for those who
fail to succeed the Divine Fist of the North Star!
Have you all lost your spines, my brothers?
I won't allow this. I refuse to!
My fists won't be crushed by my own runt of a brother!
He can't win against Kenshiro...
But Kenshiro won't kill Jagi, either.
Father chose the wrong successor.
The 2,000 year tradition of the Divine Fist of the North Star...
This is where it ends.
Raoh and Kenshiro's tragedies began that day.
Raoh.
He is the one who broke 2,000 years of history
of the Divine Fist of the North Star.
Must you go, Raoh?
Now that it's been decided that the successor is Kenshiro...
there is no point in remaining here.
Then abandon the Divine Fist of the North Star!
You must never use it again!
I thought I told you that I would grasp the heaven.
I wouldn't have become your adopted son...
if I planned to abandon the art!
I will take orders from no one! Not even the gods themselves!
Then you are ready to take that responsibility.
The Divine Fist of the North Star's code of sole succession...
requires that I seal your fists.
Then I shall defeat my master, Ryuken...
And become the strongest man alive.
Raoh... what horror of a man have I created?
The Divine Fist of the North Star Secret Technique:
Seven Star Heart Point!
Oh, I didn't know such a secret technique had existed...
What?
What is this?
I can't read Ryuken's movements!
That's...
The seven stars of the Big Dipper!
Ryuken's movements are just like them!
I'll show you why...
the seven stars of the Big Dipper govern death.
There are seven blind spots within human perception.
If you follow them, your movements take the shape...
of the seven stars of the Big Dipper.
In other words, those seven stars show the path...
to sealing one's opponent, the path to death!
I will not kill you.
I will only make sure... you will never use... those fists again.
Forgive me... Raoh!
Not now!
The gods have granted me good fortune!
It seems they do want to fight with me.
Dear gods, let me live just a moment longer!
Die!
I aim for the heaven!
Time passed...
Kenshiro returned from the depths of Hell.
And Raoh named himself Ken-Oh, the "King of Fists",
with burning desire to rule the century's end!
Raoh, Toki, Kenshiro.
These three brothers of the North Star brought...
the Divine Fist of the North Star the most powerful era in history.
Had they have been born in different eras,
this tragedy would never have happened.
Must you?
It's obvious.
The Divine Fist of the North Star has the code of sole succession.
Now that Kenshiro is successor, I have no reason to stay here.
The Divine Fist of the North Star is only the first step.
I will seize the heaven and make all martial arts my own!
You're making a mistake, Raoh!
What?
Have you forgotten our promise?
Listen, Toki.
If I ever go astray, it's your job to seal my fists.
I remember it...
You'll be the one to seal my fists. Come do it any time you wish!
Farewell, Raoh! It's time to fulfil my promise!
- Toki! - He won!
No... The Death Omen Star fell on Toki.
- Huh? - Huh?
Toki.
So this is your hard fist style...
It won't work on me.
It won't, Toki!
- He's crying. - Why would Raoh cry?
It won't work, Toki!
Do you think I haven't noticed the secret of your hard fist style?
If you weren't ill, and used the soft fist style,
you may have defeated me!
How heartbreaking, Toki!
How cruel your destiny is, my little brother,
to follow my footsteps since you were little!
Farewell, Toki!
The Death Omen Star will fall upon you!
Toki!
Raoh is the first man in its 2,000 year history
of the Divine Fist of the North Star who's broken its code.
The man with burning ambition to rule the century's end.
His ambitious empire is nearly complete.
All that remains is to defeat Kenshiro...
And have Yuria-sama in his hands.
Raoh...
Excuse me!
Toh...
Yuria.
You are the only woman worthy of Ken-Oh,
the ruler of the century's end!
I will not let Kenshiro have you!
Ra... Raoh!
Kenshiro!
Yuria belongs to me, the King of Fists!
The destiny of 2,000 years of the Divine Fist of the North Star...
has now brought these two men together!
As the storm whips through the wasteland of the century's end,
the final fatal battle begins!
Raoh once saved a girl's life!
That girl's tears have turned into sharp fangs
and close in on Raoh!
SADNESS OF THE FIVE CHARIOT STARS!
LOVE AND DESTINY LOOMS OVER THIS WOMAN!
On the next episode of Fist of the North Star!
Sadness of the Five Chariot Stars!
Love and Destiny Looms Over this Woman!
I will protect the code of the North Star.
Script
Shozo Uehara Toshiki Inoue
Hiroshi Toda Yuuho Hanazono
Tokio Tsuchiya Yukiyoshi Ohashi, etc.
Our two silhouettes...
Cast
Akira Kamiya as Kenshiro Keiichi Nanba as Bat
Tomiko Suzuki as Lin Kenji Utsumi as Raoh
Blur like heat haze upon the wall
Takeshi Aono as Rihaku Shouzou Iizuka as Fudo
Yuriko Yamamoto as Yuria
Like journeying through a strange country...
Everything about that glittering summer
Directors
Toyoo Ashida Iku Ishiguro
It's still much too early...
Masamitsu Sasaki Atsutoshi Umezawa
Masahisa Ishida Osamu Uemura
Kiyotaka Kantake Akio Mitsuya
To stow away in our memories
Hiromichi Matano Umetarou Saitani
Shigenori Kageyama Shinichi Masaki
You just can't go on feeling like that
Ichiro Itano Tomoharu Katsumata, etc.
Moreover...
Copyrights
Film 漏1984 TOEI ANIMATION 漏 BURONSON & TETSUO HARA/NSP
1983 漏 NSP, TOEI ANIMATION 1984