Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro

2008 1h 23m movie Film

Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro

真救世主伝説北斗の拳 ZERO ケンシロウ伝

Synopsis

真救世主伝説北斗の拳 ZERO ケンシロウ伝

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.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From TMS Entertainment

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: The Legend of Kenshiro itself).

The 2007–2009 Japan Window

Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro holds position #206 of 362 Japan films in the 2007–2009 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro premiered alongside 124 others.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 124 other Japan films in 2008.

The 2130th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

34

Reviews

54th

Review-volume percentile

42nd

Popularity percentile

34 audience reviews — more than 54% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 42th percentile among Japan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Kenshiro, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog

健次郎传 · 1

Recurring themes · common across catalog

fighter · 25
nuclear holocaust · 9

Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog

anime · 711
martial arts · 369
post-apocalyptic future · 44

Reception Benchmarks

6.7

TMDB Rating

34

Audience Reviews

Well Received

Critical Tier

Ranked #2,783 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (39th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,820 of 2,532 (top 72%).

Production Details

Primary Country	Japan
Original Language	Japanese
Production Companies	TMS Entertainment
Runtime	1h 23m
Release Date	October 11, 2008
IMDb	tt0456978