Fist Of The North Star Live Action Movie Scene

An American-produced live-action movie version of Fist of the North Star was released in 1995, directed by Tony Randel based on a script by Peter Atkins and Wynne McLaughlin. The movie, loosely based on the Shin storyline of the manga, stars Gary Daniels as Kenshiro, Costas Mandylor as Shin and Japanese actress Isako Washio as Yuria, with Malcolm McDowell as Ryuken and Chris Penn as "Jackal" (actually a renamed Jagi). It also featured a cameo by professional wrestler Big Van Vader as Goliath. The movie saw a theatrical release in Japan, but went straight-to-video in the US (though it did receive a premiere on HBO.) The Japanese dubbed version used the original voice actors from the 1980s anime series.

The movie had mixed reviews from fans and critics. Dave Foster of DVD Times panned the movie as a poor adaptation and commented that Kenshiro's pressure point techniques "look rather tame" in comparison to the way depicted in the manga and anime series. A reviewer from eFilmCritic remarked that Kenshiro's defeat at the hands of Shin "comes off as standard" and "unbelievably goofy" compared to the 1986 animated movie version. However, Video World gave a much more positive review, calling it "First rate." It has since been firmly established as a cult film in the west, and remains the film for which Gary Daniels is best known.

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[crimsondevil2245]

:/ AW COME ON!!!! when Kenshiro says "you are already dead" it's supposed to be manly that just wasn't manly at all

[badkluster]

Nothing sounds manlier than the japanese voiced Kenshiro

[TheThekilluminati7]

america should be already dead

[ProDigit80]

Worst movie ever! Even worse than Street fighter 2V!

I don't think I even finished watching this one!

Instant super suck!

[Parkourpurist89]

@cjlabre47 That's exactly what I said. Leave it up to Americans to screw shit up... again

[Namadof]

The producers of this movie are already dead.

[cjlabre47]

Leave live actions to the asians :/

[splitsheath]

u seen any martial arts japanese films bud?

[BrumaHK]

lo cagaste negro q

[acidglow]

The villain was the dude from the saw movies. Nice!

[AvEryBadApPLe]

This should've been rated R for retarded. The cartoon just can't been done in live action.

[yugiohgxsmells]

Doesn't Ken actually punch them not just wave his fists around who's bloody idea was that