Japan Synopsis
北斗の拳
“Power without perception is spiritually useless, and therefore of no true value.”
After a nuclear holocaust tears the world apart, mankind is forced to the harshness of not only the oppression of others who are much more powerful, but the dead earth which seems to be getting worse with every passing moment. But a savior has risen from the ashes, a man who will defeat those who would torment the weak and make the world a livable place once more. A man named Kenshiro…
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Fist of the North Star. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
4 sharedFist of the North Star: Legend of Raoh – Chapter of Fierce Fight
★ 6.5 · Japan
4 sharedFist of the North Star: Legend of Raoh – Chapter of Death in Love
★ 6.7 · Japan
4 sharedFist of the North Star: The Legend of Yuria
★ 6.2 · Japan
4 sharedFist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro
★ 6.7 · Japan
4 sharedFist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki
★ 6.7 · Japan
4 sharedNew Fist of the North Star: The Cursed City
★ 6.4 · Japan
Other Titles From Shueisha
Animation + Action in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Fist of the North Star itself).
The 1985–1987 Japan Window
Fist of the North Star holds position #45 of 100 Japan films in the 1985–1987 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1980s in Japan, 280 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Fist of the North Star premiered alongside 38 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 38 other Japan films in 1986.
The 668th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
145 audience reviews — more than 81% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 76th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Fist of the North Star, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- fighter · 25
- killing · 10
- nuclear holocaust · 9
- martial arts · 369
- post-apocalyptic future · 44
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,502 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (45th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,664 of 2,532 (top 66%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | English, German, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shueisha, Toei Animation |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Release Date | March 8, 1986 |
| IMDb | tt0142371 |