Fist of the North Star (1986)
1986 film by Toyoo Ashida
- Released
- 8 March 1986
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese, English
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Toyoo Ashida
- Music
- Katsuhisa Hattori
- Starring
- Akira Kamiya, Yuriko Yamamoto, Kenji Utsumi, Chikao Ōtsuka, Toshio Furukawa, Kaneto Shiozawa, Tomiko Suzuki, Teiyū Ichiryūsai
- Running time
- 110 minutes
- Production company
- Toei Animation
- Distributor
- Toei Company, Netflix, Crunchyroll
- Based on
- Fist of the North Star
Fist of the North Star (Japanese: 北斗の拳, Hepburn: Hokuto no Ken) is a 1986 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic martial arts film based on the manga of the same name. It was produced by Toei Animation, the same studio who worked on the TV series that was airing at the time, with most of the same cast and crew working on both projects.
The film serves as a loose adaptation of the early chapters of the manga, covering up to Chapter 72 (Kenshiro's first fight with Raoh), changing the order of key events and how the story ultimately unfolds. However, the film retains the more violent content of the original manga, which the television series toned down.
Cast
- Akira Kamiya
- Yuriko Yamamoto
- Kenji Utsumi
- Chikao Ōtsuka
- Toshio Furukawa
- Kaneto Shiozawa
- Tomiko Suzuki
- Teiyū Ichiryūsai
- Arisa Andō
- Takeshi Watabe
- Junpei Takiguchi
- Takeshi Aono
- Tarō Ishida
- James Avery
- Doug Stone
- Hidekatsu Shibata
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q3814532 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.