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Fist of the North Star: HOKUTO NO KEN
Who's in it
Cast
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TV DNA
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Signature profile
Fist of the North Star: HOKUTO NO KEN reads strongest on Bingeability, Spectacle and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In the year 199X, the world was engulfed in nuclear fire!! Yet...humanity somehow survived!! A lone man with seven scars on his chest emerges. His name is Kenshiro, heir to Hokuto Shinken. In a world where only the strong survive, Kenshiro forges a path with his iron fists!
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The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Cinematography
- Yuki TakahashiDirector of Photography
Music
- Yuki HayashiOriginal Music Composer
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