Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro (2008)
The film's story is a prequel to the Fist of the North Star depicting the one year interval between Kenshiro's defeat at the hands of Shin and their later battle. Unlike the others in the series this film has a completely original storyline in which Kenshiro, near death after his battle with Shin and having used his remaining energy to kill a pack of wolves, was captured by slavers. Due to his strength, Kenshiro could escape whenever he wanted, but chose to stay and protect the other slaves.
Director:
Kobun Shizuno
Writer:
Nobuhiko Horie
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Hiroshi Abe as Kenshirô (voice) |
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Yuriko Ishida as Yuria (voice) |
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Romi Park as Danne (voice) |
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Takeshi Aono as Fugen (voice) |
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Keiichi Nanba as Yaman (voice) |
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Mina Tominaga as Saya (voice) |
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Hiromi Konno as Amo (voice) |
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Shozo Iizuka as Siska (voice) |
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Tessyo Genda as Guruma (voice) |
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Shigeru Chiba as Zinnia (voice) |
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Rikiya Koyama as Jugai (voice) |
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Tetsu Inada as Gades (voice) |
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Takuya Kirimoto as Shin (voice) |
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Chikao Ohtsuka as Ryuken (voice) |
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Hiroshi Fujioka as Narration (voice) |
| Visual Effects | Hisashi Eguchi | Mechanical Designer |
| Visual Effects | Hisashi Eguchi | Key Animation |
| Writing | Yoshiyuki Okamura | Author |
| Writing | Tetsuo Hara | Author |
| Sound | Yuki Kajiura | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Koichi Usami | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Noriyoshi Yamazaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ken Shintani | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mieko Ogata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Noriyuki Fukuda | Key Animation |
| Camera | Masato Sato | Director of Photography |
| Production | Yusei Kato | Producer |
| Production | Nobuhiko Horie | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Yoshioka Masahito | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Jun Taguma | Editor |
| Sound | Toru Nakano | Sound Director |
| Writing | Nobuhiko Horie | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Masaki Sato | Character Designer |
| Art | Shunichiro Yoshihara | Art Direction |
| Writing | Toshiki Hirano | Storyboard |
| Visual Effects | Masaki Sato | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Tetsuo Hara | Character Designer |
| Directing | Kobun Shizuno | Director |