TV And Movie Downloads: Hokuto No Ken

Fist of the North Star in the US, or Hokuto no Ken in Japan, the series is simply one of the greatest things ever to come out of Japan. Forget Tale of the Genji, Hokuto no Ken is the real national treasure of the country’s storytelling abilities. The show is based on the legendary comic series by BURONSON, the only comics writer who’s a bad enough dude to have named himself after the Death Wish star Charles Bronson. It really is a great example of elaborate, epic storytelling, as well as one of the greatest tv shows of all time, so put it on your tv and movie downloads queue next time you want some really great action storytelling.

The story is set in a Mad Max style post-apocalyptic future where guns have become obsolete due to, well, a lack of fresh bullets. Working vehicles are few and far between, and water is scarce and incredibly valuable. In this new world, brute strength is the most important thing, the factor which determines all major changes in the world.

The hero of the story is Kenshiro, a martial artist who practices a deadly form known as Hokuto. This style allows Kenshiro to destroy his opponents with little more than a finger poke. He can jab an enemy in a pressure point, causing their body to turn against itself. So he might poke a bad guy in the kneecap, and seconds later, his entire skeleton has twisted into a grotesque mess. They always come up with new ways to make bad guys die in this show.

However, the storytelling goes much, much deeper than just watching some bad guys get exploded real good. It’s about humanity, about peace, forgiveness, love and compassion. It’s about the fact that love is the only thing that can ever conquer hate.

This theme is very well exemplified in the episodes following Souther, a character who is defined by his hatred. He has divorced himself from love and compassion out of a misguided belief that love is the root of all human suffering and pain. So Kenshiro’s duty is not to destroy Souther, but to save him from himself.

When Kenshiro fights Souther, well, you know Kenshiro will win, because he’s the goodguy and there’s still another season to go, but how he wins is incredible. He can’t just beat Souther up, he has to conquer him.

The look and style of the show are incredible. The show was made on an incredibly low budget, so the animators and directors had to use their imagination to come up with ways to make the series have a good look to it, in spite of its dirt cheap budget. The result is a show that looks cheap, but it looks cheap in the absolute coolest possible way. You’ll laugh at some of the cheap tricks they use to pull it off, but others will really serve as part of the style.

Whether or not you’re a fan of anime, you need to check Hokuto no Ken out some day. It’s really one of the greatest examples of storytelling in the last twenty or thirty years, in any medium at all from fiction to television to film. It’s really an all time classic.

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