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!
In pursuit of Raoh, who has abducted Yuria,
Kenshiro rushes through the wasteland.
Meanwhile, Raoh has taken refuge in his secret castle...
I fear Kenshiro... impossible!
Then Raoh made his move,
to the village where Fudo lives with his orphan children.
Raoh's evil hand draws near.
What is Raoh, the ruler of the century's end, up to?
What is the fate of Fudo's children?
A CHALLENGE FROM THE DEVIL!
FUDO: BE A DEMON FOR THOSE YOU LOVE!
What brings you here?
I want your fists, and your life!
For me to become the Demon King,
I need that demon's blood flowing within you!
- What? - Demon's blood?
Fudo, you are now a good man, beloved by all!
But no matter how hard you try and conceal yourself,
a demon's blood flows within you!
I have come for that demon's blood!
- What is he talking about? - A demon's blood in Fudo-san...?
You shall be the blood sacrifice so that I can defeat Kenshiro.
Are you now afraid of fighting Kenshiro, Raoh!
Fudo, become a demon. Become a demon and fight me!
If you refuse, I will kill all of the children!
Very well...
Fudo of the Mountains will become a demon.
If I do not, I cannot defeat you!
Follow me, Raoh!
The only man I ever feared in my youth was Fudo.
Fudo, prepare yourself!
Do not underestimate the Divine Fist of the North Star!
Shut up! Come, bring it on!
What's the matter?
Did you think you could defeat me with that?
- I give up! - Spare my life!
I believe in battles, you either live or die... One or the other.
Isn't there anyone who would fight for his life?
If not, I will take that money and food.
Hey kid!
Are you prepared to die!
Fudo, was it?
I am Ryuken, the successor to the Divine Fist of the North Star.
I'd like to ask you...
What do you think of a man's life?
Life?
Life is an infestation. Everyone's a maggot!
What a pitiful man...
Whatever...
Raoh, can you not move?
Even you could not defeat the demon?
His spiritual energy... prevented me from moving!
That was definitely the spiritual energy of a demon.
For me, that was the one and only time I'd ever felt fear!
Now, I will swallow his spiritual demonic energy,
and drive out my fear of Kenshiro!
Back then, I'd force my way in. To kill, steal, eat and drink.
It was a demon's way of life.
- Help! - Help!
- The demon is coming!
It's Fudo! Stop him!
Maggots!
Here it is.
What are you doing, little girl?
Yu... Yuria-sama! No, please get back...
That is Fudo the Demon! You must not defy him.
You are not afraid of me, huh?
Hey! Get out of the way!
Hey, you! What are you hiding?
What are you trying to protect by risking your young life?
Move!
Dogs?
- She gave birth! - What?
This child risked her life to protect these dogs? Why?
Here.
See, it's alive.
Isn't it warm? This is life.
Life...?
Right!
Life...
The demon has lost...
I grew up without a mother or a father.
That was why I thought life was only an infestation... like maggots.
But that vulnerable puppy made me think twice.
And inside that young Yuria, I saw the mother I never knew.
Since that day, I've put aside my demon's armor,
and become one of the Five Chariot Stars.
I vowed to live as Fudo of the Mountains...
But now, the time has come to put back on the armor!
Forgive me, Yuria-sama!
I, Fudo, shall become the Demon again to fight for innocent lives!
Is that Fudo-san!
- Dad! - Father Fudo!
- Rihaku-sama! - I knew they were here.
Rihaku-sama, how did you know Raoh would attack this village?
- He is fighting with fear. - What?
Raoh was frightened of Kenshiro's hidden secret technique,
the Unconscious Transmigration!
Impossible! I... I'm shaking...
Raoh is shaking...!
Raoh... that is called fear.
What!
Since then, he has been struggling with fear.
To get rid of one's fear, you must face a greater fear...
The greatest fear that Raoh has ever felt,
was when he met Fudo the Demon as a boy.
The only way he can lose his fear toward Kenshiro
is to fight Fudo.
Fudo! Has your demon's fighting spiritual energy revived?
Even so, you can do nothing with your rusty demon fists.
Get him!
My arm is... gone!
No! Don't look! Don't look, I say!
Fudo, that spirit, those fists... That's the Fudo I remember!
You'll be a worthy sacrifice to my fists.
I shall swallow that fighting spiritual energy of a demon!
Men! If I take even one step back, show me no mercy!
Shoot all your arrows towards my back!
- Yes, sir! - Yes, sir!
Draw!
If I retreat across this line, Raoh shall die here!
I shall be an insolent brother
who can't even defeat his little brother, Kenshiro.
Raoh.
Hey, what should we do if Kenshiro comes?
Ken-Oh-sama is gone...
His eyes are wounded.
If all gang up on him, we'll defeat him easily!
You really think so?
Of course, why worry? It'll be a cake walk!
Then gang up on me!
Wh... what?
Ke... Kenshiro!
Kenshiro! It's Kenshiro!
- It's Kenshiro! - Kenshiro is here!
- Kenshiro! - Kenshiro!
Damn you!
Take this!
What have you done now?
Where is Raoh? Where is Yuria!
Like hell I will...
Now tell me!
Do I look like a fool? I am famous for my tight lips!
I see.
Care for another spin?
No thanks... I'll tell you!
Ken-Oh-sama has abandoned this castle and gone to Fudo's village.
And Yuria?
She was taken to another castle. I don't know where...
I really don't know!
Yuria.
- Dad! - Fudo-san!
Damn you.
- Wait. - Why, why!
If we help now, Ken-Oh's troops will surely attack the children.
Fudo, come and drink my blood!
If you do not, you stand no chance against me.
Damn you.
- Dad! - Father Fudo!
I have become Ken-Oh... I'm not the Raoh you knew.
I have no fear of Fudo the Demon now.
As I thought, my fear for Kenshiro was only a delusion.
Fudo! I have no further use for you...
So you shall die with all your children.
We'll see about that...
You've only just begun to see the demon within me!
Dad!
So this is the art of the demon.
I guess sympathy does weaken one's fists!
What the... I can't move!
Those eyes...
The light in those sad eyes,
is the same light I've seen in Kenshiro's eyes.
This is it. This is fear!
Fudo.
Now is when I swallow my fear with your blood!
Fudo.
Raoh! Feel the power of innocent tears!
Even if this body is destroyed, victory shall be mine!
FUDO: THE GENTLE WARRIOR!
HIS TEARS AWAKEN A FIERY SOUL!
On the next episode of Fist of the North Star!
Fudo, the Gentle Warrior!
His Tears Awaken a Fiery Soul!
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