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Fist of the North Star: Legend of Kenshiro (movie)

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Alternative title:
Fist of the North Star: Legend of the True Savior - The Legend of Kenshiro
Hokuto no Ken Zero - Kenshirō Den
Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken Zero: Kenshirō-den (Japanese)
Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Kenshirō-den (Japanese)
真救世主伝説 北斗の拳 ケンシロウ伝 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: The story is about a catastrophic future in which most of the World, resources of Earth are destroyed after a nuclear war. Kenshiro, the next successor of the fierce fighting style Hokuto Shinken, is heavily wounded and his fiance is taken away by his friend Shin. The plot of the movie is the afterwards of this event. Kenshiro struggles to survive and help the village against their evil chief Siska. The story of this movie is about the unmentioned details in the originating story (Hokutou no Ken); which occurs between the first fight with Shin and the beginning of the series.
User Ratings: 41 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Excellent: 4 votes (sub:4)
 Very good: 7 votes (sub:5, others:2
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Good: 19 votes (sub:18, ?:1)
 Decent: 5 votes (sub:5)
 So-so: 2 votes (sub:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 131 users, rank: #4655 (of 9535)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.902 (Good), std. dev.: 1.6049, rank: #4262 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.925 (Good), rank: #3994 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.92)
Bayesian estimate: 7.066 (Good), rank: #3060 (of 7243)
Running time: 89 minutes
Vintage: 2008-10-04 (Japan, Ikebukuro Cinema Sunshine limited preview)
Premiere date:
2008-10-11 (Japan, nationwide premiere)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Hyakunen no Kodoku" (百年の孤独) by Garnet Crow
#2: "Theme from Fist of the North Star ~The Road of Lords~" by Tak Matsumoto
Insert song:
"Ai o Torimodose!! ~Movie ver.~" (愛をとりもどせ!! 〜Movie ver.〜) by Crystal King
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Toshiki Hirano
Screenplay: Nobuhiko Horie
Storyboard: Toshiki Hirano
Unit Director:
Hideaki Oba (assistant)
Hijiri Sanpei
Jōhei Matsuura (assistant)
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Original Manga:
Buronson
Tetsuo Hara
Original Character Design: Tetsuo Hara
Character Design: Masaki Satō
Art Director: Shunichiro Yoshihara
Chief Animation Director: Masaki Satō
Mechanical design: Hisashi Eguchi
Sound Director: Tōru Nakano
Director of Photography: Masato Sato
Executive producer: Kazuoki Onishi
3D CG:
Fumihito Saito (exsa)
Hiroaki Uchida (exsa)
Hirokazu Saitō (exsa)
Keisuke Sekii (exsa)
Kōhei Hon'ami (Shirogumi Inc.)
Miwa Yanagida (Shirogumi Inc.)
Motohiro Yamada (exsa)
Satoshi Watanabe (Shirogumi Inc.)
Shingo Shimoyama (Shirogumi Inc.)
Yuichiro Ishida (exsa)
Yuka Shimomaki (Shirogumi Inc.)
Yusuke Ohashi (exsa)
Advertising Producer: Takato Iwasaki
Animation Check: Tomoko Fukui
Animation producer: Masahito Yoshioka
Background Art:
Aya Kuginuki (Bihou, Inc.)
D. Manit (Bihou Thailand)
Hiroshi Tsuruoka (Bihou, Inc.)
Jun Okabe (Bihou, Inc.)
K. Kanokwan (Bihou Thailand)
K. Karawut (Bihou Thailand)
K. Pisan (Bihou Thailand)
K. Rotchanapong (Bihou Thailand)
K. Rungrat (Bihou Thailand)
Kenji Tamaki (Bihou, Inc.)
L. Chanchai (Bihou Thailand)
L. Satima (Bihou Thailand)
M. Shutimapon (Bihou Thailand)
P. Maysaya (Bihou Thailand)
P. Parinya (Bihou Thailand)
P. Seupsin (Bihou Thailand)
R. Boonruksa (Bihou Thailand)
R. Jutima (Bihou Thailand)
S. Bavonsin (Bihou Thailand)
S. Jakkrit (Bihou Thailand)
S. Supattra (Bihou Thailand)
Sōshin Kishi (Bihou, Inc.)
T. Supatida (Bihou Thailand)
W. Gorkit O (Bihou Thailand)
Chief Production Supervisor: Nobuhiko Horie
Color design: Kunio Kunion
Editing: Jun Takuma
Finish Animation: Keiko Kai
In-Between Animation:
Akiko Matsuda (Shin'ei Animation)
Aya Hanzawa (ufotable)
Aya Takada (P.A. Works)
Aya Yokota (P.A. Works)
Ayano Suzuki (Yumeta Company)
Chika Hashimoto (ufotable)
Chisato Tada (OLM)
Emi Iwatari
Eriko Saitō (VENET)
Fujika Enomoto (OLM)
Hiromi Itō (OLM)
Kanako Miura (VENET)
Kanako Oikawa
Kanako Sekii (Yumeta Company)
Kaori Tsuta (P.A. Works)
Ken Fujihira (VENET)
Kunoko Akiyama (Yumeta Company)
Maiko Kagetsu (OLM)
Mami Idate (OLM)
Mamiko Matsumoto (OLM)
Masayoshi Kobayashi (Shin'ei Animation)
Mayumi Nakamura (P.A. Works)
Midori Matsuda (OLM)
Miho Nagai (AIC Takarazuka)
Miho Otsuka (OLM)
Miki Okabana (AIC Takarazuka)
Misa Watanabe (Yumeta Company)
Momoko Shirashiki (P.A. Works)
Naoko Kodama (IngresA)
Narumi Hara (ufotable)
Ryō Nishikawa (OLM)
Saori Yoshida (Yumeta Company)
Satomi Igarashi (ufotable)
Satoshi Nakano (OLM)
Takuya Aoki (ufotable)
Tetsuro Uetake (AIC Takarazuka)
Tomoko Fukui
Toshihiro Irie (VENET)
Yoshiaki Itō (Azeta Pictures)
Young Lim Lee (P.A. Works)
Yuki Fujikawa (Azeta Pictures)
Yuki Saitō (OLM)
Yumiko Totsu
Yurika Kaneko (Azeta Pictures)
Yūya Kumagai (Azeta Pictures)
Insert Song Arrangement: Ryō Yonemitsu
Insert Song Composition: Michio Yamashita
Insert Song Lyrics: Kimiharu Nakamura
Insert Song Performance: Crystal King
Mechanical animation Director: Yoshio Mizumura
Mixing Assistant:
Eiji Hotta
Jiro Miyazawa
Music Editing: Maiko Gōda
Music producer: Yasunori Mori
Musician Coordinate: Fumio Takano
New York Production Coordination: Cherry Kaoru Hulsey (Blue Sun Film)
Optical Re-Recording: Futoshi Ueda
Production:
Hideki Okamura (TMS Entertainment)
Koji Mitsukawa (TMS Entertainment)
Ryōsuke Kumai (TMS Entertainment)
Shinya Nagasaka (TMS Entertainment)
Shiro Aono (TMS Entertainment)
Tadahito Matsumoto (TMS Entertainment)
Production Desk: Shin Sakurai
Production Director:
Mikihiro Miyashita
Yukiko Inamoto
Production manager: Takeshi Mizokami
Recording Assistant: Naotsugu Uchida
Recording engineer: Takashi Koiwa
Score Support: Hiromitsu Ishikawa
Sound Effects:
Junichi Sasaki (Anime Sound Production)
Tsutomu Sukigara (Anime Sound Production)
Sound Mixing: Shigi Hirooka
Sound Producer: Michiyoshi Minamisawa
Technical Supporter:
Mikio Mori (Continental Far East Co., Ltd.)
Tsutomu Kawato (Continental Far East Co., Ltd.)
Theme Song Arrangement:
Akihito Tokunaga (ED2)
Hirohito Furui (ED1)
Takahiro Matsumoto (ED2)
Theme Song Composition:
Takahiro Matsumoto (ED2)
Yuri Nakamura (ED1)
Theme Song Lyrics: Nana Azuki (ED1)
Theme Song Performance:
Garnet Crow (ED1)
Title Logo Production: Kentaro Tanabe
Titles: Yoshiko Tagami (Rakugaki Kobo)
Web Production Cooperation:
Junichi Iwai (Dream Design)
Junya Ishikawa (Dream Design)
Keigo Saito (Dream Design)
Mikito Ishida (Maru Kōbō)
Ryō Fujita (Color Coordination)
Yusuke Mandokoro (Color Coordination)
Hiroshi Abe as Kenshirō
Yuriko Ishida as Yuria

Chikao Ohtsuka as Ryūken
Hiromi Konno as Amo
Keiichi Nanba as Yaman
Miina Tominaga as Saya
Rikiya Koyama as Jugai
Romi Park as Dan
Shigeru Chiba as Jinia
Shōzō Iizuka as Shisuka
Takeshi Aono as Fūgen
Takuya Kirimoto as Shin
Tesshō Genda as Guruma
Tetsu Inada as Gadeth

Fumihiko Tachiki as Bugman 2
Hiroshi Fujioka as Narration
Jōji Nakata as Bugman 1
Kan Tanaka as Guruma's Minion
Kōichi Sakaguchi as Jugai Army Commander
Shigenori Sōya as Shisuka Army Captain
Takahiro Miyauchi as Customer

Japanese companies
Animation Production: Tokyo Movie
Background Art:
Bihou Thailand
Bihou, Inc.
Digital Lab: Imagica
Distributor: Go Cinema
Photography: Azuhata Production
Production Assistance: Dangun Pictures
Publicity Cooperation:
Big Comic Superior (Shogakukan)
Shinchosha
Shogakukan
Weekly Comic Bunch (Shinchosha)
Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production
Sound Logo Production: X One
Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO
Title Logo Production: Two Band
Web Production Cooperation:
Color Coordination
Dream Design
Maru Kōbō
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Daman Mills
ADR Script: Natalie Van Sistine
Producer: Amber Lee Connors (Sound Cadence)

ADR Prep: Kieran Flitton
ADR Script Supervisor: Daman Mills
Blooper Reel Video Editor: Jonathan Paist
Lead ADR Engineer: Patrick Morphy
Mixing & Mastering Engineer: Patrick Morphy
Project Manager: Marissa Lenti
Talent Coordination: Sarah Poulsen
English companies
ADR Production: Sound Cadence Studios
Licensed by: Discotek Media
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Jacques Albaret
Translation: Yukio Reuter

Adaptation: Frédéric Roques
Frédéric Souterelle as Kenshirô
Marie Diot as Julia

Francisco Gil as Jugai
Jacques Albaret as Ryu Ken
Loïc Houdré as Garuma
Olivier Angèle as Fugen
Patrick Noerie as Jinia
Serge Noël as Yaman
French companies
Distributor: KAZÉ
Italian staff
Italian cast
Dubbing Coordination: Orlando Leone
Italian companies
Broadcaster: Man-Ga
German staff
German cast
(none)
Catrin Dams as Yuria
Tobias Nath as Kenshirou

Anja Rybiczka as Amo
Axel Lutter as Ryuken
Gundi Eberhard as Saya
Horst Lampe as Guruma
Jaron Löwenberg as Jugai
Jörg Döring as Shisuka
German companies
Distributor:
Anime-Virtual
Kazé Germany (now)
Internet Streaming: Anime on Demand
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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