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A horrifying martial art style has been passed down for 2000 years.

lt is known as Hokuto Shinken, named after the sacred big dipper.

Tragedy has always followed those who inherit the style!

LEGEND OF THE SAVIOR OF THE CENTURY'S END

FIST OF THE NORTH STAR

Planning

Tadashi Oka

Yoshinobu Nakaya

(FujiTV)

You're in shock!

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

I CAN'T LOOK BACK NOW!

JUST STRIKE DOWN THE EVIL TOKI!!

Yeesh, this is one creepy place.

This is the Village of Miracles, huh?

It looks like hell.

I wonder if Lin is safe.

If she's with Ken, she's all right.

Okay, let's go.

Peru! That's Peru, isn't it?!

Peru!

Peru! Glad to see you're okay!

Is Lin all right? Where's Lin now?

Looks like she's in that palace.

What's going on in there?

Toki, you're going to die. You'd better say your prayers.

Kenshiro, now that you've seen the scar on my back...

there's no way you can do anything to me.

Now that you've seen this scar.

You couldn't betray the man you owe your life to.

Kenshiro, that's the sort of man you are!

Ow...

You bastard... have you forgotten what I've done for you?

All I hear are the moans of the innocent villagers...

who suffered and died on account of you!

Many sacrifices are needed for me to perfect Hokuto Shinken.

The lives of the villagers aren't even worth mentioning!

Kenshiro! There is no use for kindness in this world.

Only power! Only violence can change the world now!

I... I couldn't see his fists! Not at all!

That's... That's impossible!

He disappeared! Where'd he go?

Where is he?!

Toki... Now taste my fists and know for yourself...

the burden of being the successor to Hokuto Shinken...

and all the battles I've fought to live till this day!

Dear...

Kenshiro! Let me tell you what your greatest weakness is.

Your weakness...

is THIS!

If you want to kill me, you'll have to kill this woman as well!

Well? Can you do it, Kenshiro?!

Well, can you?

Gotcha!

Toki... Have you fallen so low?

You're as naive a man as ever.

Now I've made you my test dummy!

You can't move.

I struck Sen-Yoh, the power point I discovered.

Now your body can't move at all.

Let's begin, test dummy!

Show yourselves!

We are from Lord Toki's personal guard.

- R- Rei?! - Nebada!

What are you doing here?!

- You know him? - A long time ago.

It's been a long time, Nebada.

And if you're here, then...

Kill them! Kill them all!

You are already dead.

What? Really?

In three seconds. One... Two... Three!

Huh?

Now what, Nebada?

Are you going to lead us to Toki?

Well? You can't move a muscle, can you?

Someone as naive as you can never be the successor...

to the single blow killing art of Hokuto Shinken.

Understand?!

What's that look for?

Listen. It isn't rage which moves your fist.

It's desire!

Under my guidance, Hokuto Shinken will become even stronger!

An even more terrifying killing art!

I am the successor to the Hokuto Shinken school!

Now, test dummy, I'm going to experiment on your body.

Which power point shall I begin my tests on?

What is it, Nebada?!

Re... Re...

This is...! Nanto Suichoken!

Rei!

Ken, that man is not your brother Toki.

Rei!

His name is Amiba...

and he was once a student of Nanto Seiken, like me.

So, you're playing Toki and Nebada was the captain of your guard.

Thinking back, you both were always causing trouble together.

We heard the whole story!

You changed your face and intentionally scarred your back...

to make yourself look like Toki!

You're a dirty cheater!

Mamiya! Bat!

I never thought you'd show up here, Rei.

It's just as you've said. I am Amiba!

But it's too late! Look! Kenshiro is my test dummy now!

And once I've killed him, I will live on as Toki...

the successor to the Hokuto Shinken school!

What happened to Toki?

Toki! He's a pathetic loser, too!

The tragedy that befell this village really happened.

But in abandoning his hopes because of that...

he showed himself to be a second-rate man!

Like you, he was too naive!

You haven't changed at all, Amiba.

So, now your eye is on the Hokuto Shinken school, huh?

Like you do to your face...

you change your objectives over and over as well.

Shut up! Nobody understands me!

I'm a genius!

I can learn any martial art faster than anyone else!

But no one will acknowledge it!

No one will teach me the inner secrets of the art!

Even Toki wouldn't acknowledge my skill!

And so you kill innocent people with your experiments...

as you try to master Hokuto Shinken?

That's right! I'm a genius!

Geniuses can do whatever they want to!

Observe!

Look at what's happened to the true successor of the art...

when he challenged the Hokuto Shinken I've learned.

Ken!

Ken!

I'll make all the fools who didn't recognize my genius bow before me!

Lick my boots! Lick the mud from them!

What's wrong? I told you to lick my boots!

Rei! Help him! Help Ken!

Don't worry, Lin.

Kenshiro can't be beaten by his phony Hokuto Shinken.

Heh, nonsense. Keep saying that nonsense all you want!

You fool. Don't you know?

I've heard that one of the secrets of Hokuto Shinken...

is the blocking of power points.

Wh- What?!

Ken's moving!

Ken!

Im- Impossible...

Did you really think you and your phony Hokuto Shinken...

could defeat the true successor to the art?!

Impossible! He couldn't have broken the power point's effect!

If Toki... If the real Toki had struck my power points...

I never would have been able to break free.

You're saying I don't have the same skill as Toki?!

You're saying I'm not as good as him?!

That's not true! I'm a genius! No one can beat me!

Take this!

Hawk Talon Triangle Kick!

Oh, you have your old face back.

What are you guys doing?!

Get him! Why don't you get him?!

Come on! Get him!

We've followed you until now because...

we thought you really were Lord Toki.

But now that we know who you really are...

we're not taking any more orders from you!

Go on. You're free.

Bat!

You little idiot! Running off by yourself like that!

Looks like it's all over.

Well, now what?

Toki! Toki! All I ever hear about is Toki!

Why does everyone acknowledge only him?!

Why won't you acknowledge my genius?!

Damn it all!

Why did you impersonate him?

Why?! Because he... He...!

Because he hit my face, that's why!

That guy, Toki...

he was trusted and revered...

as the Messiah in the Village of Miracles.

Miracles, huh? I can do the same things!

Oh, does your leg hurt?

Here, I'll cure it for you.

Uh... No, thanks. Lord Toki has already--

Never mind. Don't worry! I'm a genius.

Nothing's impossible for me.

This should be the power point to cure your leg.

Huh? Did I hit the wrong one?

- Look! It's Lord Toki! - Lord Toki!

We appreciate everything you've done for us.

What are you doing?! Out of the way!

My-- My face... You hit my face!

You dare hit the face of a genius?!

You're okay now.

Thank you so much!

You bastard... Hitting me... Who do you think I am?!

You'll die.

I don't know who you are...

but don't use a martial art you haven't even mastered yet.

This old man's leg will need time to heal.

Thanks for your help. I'm much better now.

That's it?

Exactly! He made a fool of me!

Of me, a genius!

That's why I turned the name of a Messiah...

into that of a common murderer!

Toki is just a murderer and Hokuto Shinken is the devil's art!

No one will doubt that now!

You've defiled Hokuto Shinken as well...?

That fool.

He's made Ken even angrier.

I'll show you the Hokuto Shinken I've perfected on my own!

You've lived far too long a life.

You fool! Can an ordinary man possibly beat me?!

I am a genius! Using my test dummies...

I've already discovered many new power points!

Observe!

These new power points have made me even stronger!

This is Amiba-style Hokuto Shinken!

Against this perfected form of Hokuto Shinken...

your Hokuto Shinken doesn't stand a chance!

Now, then... Which power point shall I strike first?

You're going to strike my power points with those hands?

Take a good look at your fingers.

What're you talking about?

It... It can't be!

Hokuto Shinken has a 2000 year history!

It's not a martial art that someone like you can master!

Hokuto Shinken Secret Technique: Burden of Regret Walk Punch!

My legs! I can't control my legs!

I struck the power point known as Shitsu-Gen.

Your legs will walk backwards without you being able to control them.

Now walk yourself into hell!

But, behind me is...!

Stop me, please! My legs! Stop my legs!

You're a genius, aren't you?

Why not press the power points yourself to stop them?

You won't be pressing anything with those hands.

If-- If you kill me...

you'll never find out where Toki is!

Don't you care? Don't you care about that?!

Just relax and fall already.

A guy like you could never have killed Toki.

No, please. Save me! Why?! Why did this happen to me?!

Why did this happen to a genius like me?!

LORD KEN-OH!

Ken-Oh?

I've heard of him.

The man who's trying to become the master of the postwar world.

No one knows his true identity.

You think Ken-Oh might have captured Toki?

No, Toki isn't that weak a man.

I know this much:

Toki is waiting somewhere for me to come.

Toki...

Mamiya discovers the whereabouts of Toki!

Kenshiro and his group head to the legendary Cassandra!

Next Fist of the North Star:

LOVE, I REJECT!

FOR I BEAR THE CURSED STAR OF DEATH!

Love, I Reject!

For I Bear the Cursed Star of Death!

Toki, we must meet!

Script

Shozo Uehara Toshiki Inoue

Hiroshi Toda Yuuho Hanazono

Tokio Tsuchiya Yukiyoshi Ohashi, etc.

Cast

Akira Kamiya as Kenshiro

Mie Suzuki as Bat

Tomiko Suzuki as Lin

Toshiko Fujita as Mamiya

Swaying within the light is your smile

Kaneto Shiozawa as Rei

Shigeru Chiba Narrator

Takaya Hashi as Amiba

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 © 1984 TOEI ANIMATION © BURONSON & TETSUO HARA/NSP

1983 © NSP, TOEI ANIMATION 1984