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Fist of the North Star: The Legend of Toki

2008 · 57 min

A somber, brooding chapter of a brutal saga, heavy with sacrifice and impending doom, where quiet moments of brotherly pain punctuate bursts of stylized martial-arts violence.

Directed by: Kobun Shizuno
Genres: Animation, Action
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Takashi Ukaji, Yuriko Ishida

Overview: Fourth part of the new Fist of the North Star movie pentalogy presenting the story from Toki's perspective, leading up to Toki's imprisonment in Cassandra and eventually his duel with Raoh.

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Directed by: Kobun Shizuno
Genres: Animation, Action
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Takashi Ukaji, Yuriko Ishida

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
family
betrayal
fate
violence
Places: wilderness
prison
Era: far-future
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Action	6
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	2
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: animation, action
Directed by: Kobun Shizuno
Written by: Nobuhiko Horie
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Takashi Ukaji, Yuriko Ishida, Kenyu Horiuchi, Aya Hirano, Chikao Ohtsuka, Unsho Ishizuka, Daisuke Namikawa
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Cinematography: Hideo Okazaki
Runtime: 57 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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