New Fist of the North Star: The Cursed City
2003 58m movie Film Japan

New Fist of the North Star: The Cursed City

新・北斗の拳 - 呪縛の街

“The successor of the assassin's art of Hokuto Shinken gets involved in the conflict between Last Land and Freedom Village.”

Synopsis

新・北斗の拳 – 呪縛の街

“The successor of the assassin's art of Hokuto Shinken gets involved in the conflict between Last Land and Freedom Village.”

In the 21st century, a nuclear war turned most of the Earth's surface into a desert wasteland, which also resulted in the contamination of the Earth's water supply. A man named Sanga has built the fortified haven of the "Last Land", where he rules as its dictator by monopolizing the city's uncontaminated water supply. When he learns that the neighboring residents of Freedom Village are trying to dig up a well for their own, Sanga sends his underlings to sabotage their effort. Kenshiro, master of Hokuto Shinken, gets involved in the conflict between the two regions after saving Tobi, an informant hired by Freedom Village.

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

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Animation + Action in Japan

1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding New Fist of the North Star: The Cursed City itself).

The 2002–2004 Japan Window

New Fist of the North Star: The Cursed City holds position #182 of 263 Japan films in the 2002–2004 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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    #1

    Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger

    ★ 9.2 · 2003
  2. Ultraman Nexus
    #2

    Ultraman Nexus

    ★ 9.1 · 2004
  3. Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger
    #3

    Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger

    ★ 9.0 · 2002
  4. My Family
    #4

    My Family

    ★ 9.0 · 2002
  5. The Great White Tower
    #5

    The Great White Tower

    ★ 8.9 · 2003
  6. Ninja Nonsense
    #6

    Ninja Nonsense

    ★ 8.7 · 2004
  7. Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
    #7

    Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

    ★ 8.7 · 2004
  8. Monster
    #8

    Monster

    ★ 8.6 · 2004

The 2000s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when New Fist of the North Star: The Cursed City premiered alongside 84 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 84 other Japan films in 2003.

The 1520th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

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

Audience Engagement

25
Reviews
44th
Review-volume percentile
26th
Popularity percentile

25 audience reviews — more than 44% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 26th percentile among Japan films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.4
TMDB Rating
25
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,328 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (27th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #2,072 of 2,532 (top 82%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesShueisha
Runtime58m
Release DateJuly 2, 2003
IMDbtt0367037