Original subtitles

'All the warnings were true,

'all the predictions fulfilled.

'Chaos ruled.

'But that was not the worst.

'Once the honourable banner of a school of martial arts...

'..the flag of the Southern Cross

'is now the fearful symbol of a new order.

'The sign of the North Star, symbol of the last opposing school,

'is freedom's only hope.'

'Oh, Kenshiro, my son.

'l know your anguish.

'l feel your conflict.

'How can you wander in the wasteland

'while the world awaits for you to fight the oppressor?

'How can you deny your destiny?'

'l remember the death of my body.'

Shin?

Shin, don't insult me. At least let me see your face.

ls my mission as clear to you as my identity, old man?

Yes. Crystal clear.

And inevitable. You mean to kill me.

Yes. l mean to kill you.

My work is done, Shin. l am ready to die.

But l am Fist of the North Star. And you are Master of Southern Cross.

l am THE Master of Southern Cross.

Yes. And the teachings say North Star and Southern Cross must never fight.

This is not a fight.

lt's an execution.

'Within a year, the city of Southern Cross

'is the most powerful force in the new world.

'This new order is enforced by a harsh militia,

'the Crossmen.'

'High in his throne room, Lord Shin gazes past the city

'to his dreams of empire.'

Hey, easy on the gas! Feel the wheels. Come on!

l'm trying!

50 miles and we get stuck in our own back yard. Let's go!

Come on, baby! Yeah!

'200 miles north, the brave citizens of Paradise Valley

'mine the ruins of the dead world for food

'and protect their most precious asset... water.'

- Well? - Some tuna, charcoal.

- Small explosion in the new mine. - Anybody hurt?

Uh-uh. But don't expect any canned meat before Spring.

OK! Quick, food!

Over here. Come on!

OK. Check this out.

Wah! Whoa! Seriously, you guys have got to be on guard at all times.

Like this.

- Now you try. - Bug off, kid.

Really, anyone can do it.

That's good. That's better.

Here. They really love your music.

ls it peaches? Sounds like peaches.

No. Wait. Sounds like...

..motorcycles.

Who gets it today? Ha! Ha!

There you go!

Die, you dog!

What's happening?

- Crossmen attack! - Yee-hah!

Where are you going? Ooh, baby!

Ha ha!

What you gonna do?

The truck! No!

Hee-yah!

Rah-zar!

l'm not gonna hurt you.

l almost hurt myself!

Uh!

Bat! Bat!

Bat! Bat!

Bye-bye!

The cross survive!

- Uh! - My baby!

No! Let's run!

Bat! Bat!

l fought him off. l'm invincible.

Bad rain. Bad rain, Bat!

The rain's come! Hurry!

Come on!

Where's the cover?

Cover the water! Cover the water!

Cover the water! Bad rain! Bad rain!

- Cover the water! - Let's go!

Cover the water!

'The wasteland, an endless expanse

'of baked earth and freezing winds.

'The tomb of civilisation.

'Dwellings are rare.

'Travellers rarer still.'

l need shelter.

'This is Radio Southern Cross.

'The liberation of the wasteland has begun.

- 'The recreation...' - The broadcast is from the south.

'The flag of the Southern Cross will wave over a new order.'

- l know. - 'We shall construct a new world.'

Aghh!

Urrh!

Julia!

- Kenshiro! - Aghh!

Leave me alone! Take your hands off me!

- You people alone out here? - What do you want?

We don't want. We take.

Let her go. We'll give you anything.

Give? You don't give!

We take!

What are you gonna do now, huh?

- We want your wife! - Stop it, please!

Bring her in. Put her on the bed.

- Put her in there! - No!

You boys are first!

- lt's like Christmas time! - Party time now. Yeah!

- Cry all you want! - Let's go, baby!

Aggh!

Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo.

Oo-oo-oo-oo.

Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo... yaah!

Are you trying to tickle me to death?

Don't turn your back on me!

You're already dead.

Oh, no! No! Aghh!

Aghh, no!

Savour it. lt is food too fine for angels.

Yet come. Take.

Eat thy fill.

You must eat, my friend.

You deserve it.

My kindred. My brother.

Your secret soul was unveiled to me in a vision.

Nanto Seiken.

The Master of the Southern Cross.

Holy Fist.

That was a very, very long time ago, Lord Shin.

ln the past.

l am no longer a threat to you.

l do not practise the arts.

And l don't like the sight of blood.

Yet it's in my veins.

Well, then, please allow me to leave your city.

No.

Before the Fall, my brother,

there was room for 108 schools.

And 108 masters of Southern Cross.

l respect... and love you.

But there is no place for you here.

Please, Master, l beg of you...

l could've had you killed at any time.

But l honour us both too much.

This is the way things are. This is the way things must be.

Help me.

- Hit me. - No.

You don't have the choice.

Again.

Again.

Again.

- Again. - Yah!

Again.

You were very good. You gave yourself much honour.

Careful. We're almost home. The Crossmen won't attack in the rain.

Next time, l'm ready.

- Greetings. - What?

Hey! What are you doing here?

Breathing.

lf you wanna keep breathing, get out.

This is our home.

You're blind?

How?

She saw our parents get killed by the Crossmen. She hasn't seen since.

What are you doing?

Something my father taught me.

He can't go out in the rain!

- The rain's not hurting him! - How do you...

- How...? What did he...? - Wait! Who are you?

- Kenshiro. - Please! Stay with us!

Protect us!

The townspeople are feeble.

Water's unprotected. We can move right in.

Like pigs in a slaughterhouse. Lot of squealing. No balls.

No fight. No contest.

Why are you telling me this?

Just take care of it.

Your cue to leave. Clock's ticking.

- So, he's here. - You concerned for me?

- l use my eyes. - Use them here.

lt's a blueprint of the future, Julia.

- The rebirth of history. - Many will die.

The history books will forget my methods and applaud my vision.

Civilisation will rise from the ashes and l will give the phoenix its wings.

l'm doing it all for you, Julia. l'm building the future in your name.

You are wasting your time.

Your problem, Julia...

...is you can't see the future.

Because you're trapped in the present.

Not the present, Shin. l am trapped in the past.

We've found razor wire!

- And collected bottles for Molotovs. - Good. You have the people?

lt's not easy. Neville's talking peace.

- He's an idiot. - He's leader of the council.

The statements are not contradictory.

Shin doesn't want peace. Shin wants slaves.

Do what you can.

Let's all... Stop, stop. Let's do some kicks.

Hyah!

Stop! What are you doing?

You, yes. l want you to kick twice as high.

And you, what are you doing? Kick, kick, kick.

Agh!

That was good.

No more kicks. Punch! Punch!

No pain, no gain! No aim!

See what l'm saying? Focus those punches. Hwah!

For every death, a birth. For every pain, a pleasure.

Strike like lightning. Sting like the acid rain.

Between the darkness and the light is the balance of all things.

Hyuh! Hyuh!

We are in a war. We're soldiers!

All right? Let's just look like soldiers. Why?

Because we are bad fighters.

Hyuh! Hyuh!

When that balance is tilted, nature rejects us.

Focus on your punches. Hyuh! Hyuh!

And as surely as the seed will flower from the scorched soil,

so will hope return.

Hope will have the shape of a man -

Fist... of the North Star.

You must turn Kenshiro's heart, Lynn.

Kenshiro-o-o-o!

How long does the water-fly live?

A day in the life of Man?

A blink of an eye for the gods?

And still his time is longer than the time a man may deny his destiny!

Kenshiro, my son, we will talk.

You are in default of your destiny!

No, Father! My destiny is hate. And revenge!

The choice is not yours to make. When l died, you became the Fist.

- No! - What is, is.

By your own hand, you have set your destiny in motion.

- Fist of the North Star! - No!

No!

lt won't hold! We need to secure it. Let's go. Come on, we haven't got all day!

You! Get those children to the shelter. Now!

Get those bottles to the gas depot. Move it!

What are you doing? Stop it! Those bombs will destroy everything we've worked for.

Right, Neville, let's surrender and be happy slaves

Fighting will be suicide. l suggest we open negotiations.

Animals do not negotiate!

What do you have in mind?

A treaty proposing shared water rights with the city of Southern Cross.

We will send an envoy to seek a peaceful settlement.

- How many bombs can we make? - Not enough.

You people are crazy!

'You are in default of your destiny.'

Aghh!

'The choice is not yours to make.'

Kenshiro!

Julia!

- Aghh! - 'Fist of the North Star!'

Hwah! Hwii!

Rr-r-r-rah!

Hyeee-aah!

The pants will fit.

l want the pants!

- Stop! - Hey, come here! Come here!

- Hey, stop! - Get out of there! Get out!

- Stop it! - Come on!

Get him!

Come on, you!

Hyah!

- Yaah! - Hyuh!

You're really good. But l could have taken them, l was just warming up.

- Thank you. - Did you follow me?

Yeah. Don't you wanna know why l'm here?

- No. - Lynn sent me.

lt's Paradise Valley - the Crossmen are coming!

- Not these Crossmen. - Real Crossmen! These guys are AWOLs.

Agh!

Hee-yaah!

- What was that all about? - You've wasted your time.

l've got business to the south.

Hey. Hey!

Hey! OK. OK. This is not the quickest route to Paradise Valley

but we can work on it.

We're fighters. We can trade shots.

And l owe you one!

We will never retreat from our conquest!

We will crush our enemy and we will give ourselves to our flag...

...our empire and our Lord Shin!

Today we ride on the back of a tiger. And that tiger is hungry!

These are not my words.

But l do feel them!

But my words say this -

let's kill some people!

- Kill! Kill! - Yeah!

Let's kill them! And let's enjoy it!

Let's go!

Kill them!

Aaghh! Help!

Leave him alone!

No!

No! No! No!

Hey, Stone! Come here! l got something for you!

Rr-au-au!

Burn, motherfucker!

That's right. Burn!

Enjoying yourself, sir?

lt ain't easy bein' sleazy.

- My father was right. - Whatever you say.

l have no choice. l opened her eyes.

Quiet! OK?

Lynn? Are you talking about Lynn?

- Let's go. - Whatever you say!

Take this load of shit to Southern Cross.

Which one's the engineer?

- Which one? - Me!

Plans will arrive. You'll build.

l'll build nothing, you ugly son of a bitch!

Work... means life.

Life is nothing without freedom.

Freedom's worth nothing without life!

That's right.

- Oh. A man who understands logic. - l accept reality.

We can work together to assure a brighter future for both peoples.

Him l like.

Her... we need.

- Him... - Yeah?

Kill that brown-nosing sack of shit

before l puke all over myself.

- Gotcha. - Please! l don't wanna die!

There'll be no treaty!

- No! - No partnership!

Complete obedience... or death!

Welcome to the future.

lt'll be great. Once we clean up the place, we can clean up.

You can join our act. With your kicks and... whah!... my kicks...

...OK, mostly your kicks... we could eat like kings!

Huh? King Arthur and Sir Lancelot.

This needs to be much higher.

Hey! Get back there, you old bitch!

Get your ass out of there!

- Like the man said, no water. - But l'll die.

Then die.

- You feel better now? - l'm starting to.

- Get out of there! - Let me go, you ugly bastard!

- Hey! - What's going on?

- You making trouble, cutie? - Don't touch me!

Gumption.

You see that?

lt's brand-new. And you're the first one that gets to ride on it.

- No! - Set her up.

- No! - Come on!

- Grab her! - Might... is right!

Dissent... is intolerable!

Move out! Move out!

Have mercy.

Touch me again and your head's next, you old bitch.

Next life, watch your mouth.

Kill her.

Kenshiro will make you pay!

You have something to tell me, little one?

Take her! Go to Shin. Tell him "seven wounds".

l'll take her. l'll take her.

You're a tough kid. l like that.

Leave me alone! No! No!

No! No!

Fry, baby!

They've got the whole city blocked.

Only on the surface.

lt'll take us right into town. lt's over this way.

This way! Come on! Right over here.

Trapped in the past.

l've burned the past, like the houses of my enemies.

My future will rise from the scorched earth.

Julia...

l am saving the world.

Aqueducts, railways. Cities.

Can't you try and understand me?

lf only you'd open your eyes. l'm doing everything for you.

Without you... the future is meaningless.

Julia...

l need you.

You're the future, Kenshiro. Fist of the North Star.

The people need you. You can't deny your destiny.

You're beginning to sound like my father.

Come on, Julia, feel my hands. l want you to concentrate.

Those hands... hold the future.

These seeds hold the future.

Now you hold it.

l protect them, Kenshiro.

Meanwhile...

...protect yourself.

Kenshiro, my friend.

- Julia. - Shin. Playing soldier?

l'm not playing. The world needs a leader.

- Did it choose you? - l chose it.

- He chose nothing. - He is nothing.

Slitting your wrists will be quicker.

- ls that a fact? - And less painful.

- OK. - You have my permission.

Thank you.

- You're gonna die! - Hai... yah!

Kenshiro!

Kenshiro!

Hwah-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-h!

- Huah! Hah! - Daagh!

My head! What did you do to me?

We're friends, Shin. What are you doing?

You have betrayed your teachings.

The North Star and Southern Cross

- are no longer in balance. - Shin, no! Don't do this!

l'm not doing this. He is!

North Star and Southern Cross must never fight. That is the teaching.

And the teaching is true. But there is no North Star.

No!

No!

No, Kenshiro!

- Aagghh! - Shin, no! Don't do this!

Ee-yah!

- Pick him up! - No!

Kenshiro!

- Kenshiro! - Julia, tell me you love me.

Never! l love Kenshiro!

Shin! No! No!

- No, Shin! - Agghh!

Tell me you love me!

Never! Never!

Agghh!

Stop! No!

Tell me! Tell me you love me!

No!

l love you! l love you, Shin!

Julia!

Aaaagghhh!

l love you, too.

Take her.

Kenshiro! Kenshiro!

No! No! Kenshiro!

Kenshiro-o-o-o!

Think of this as you breathe your last.

l killed your father, too.

Stop looking at the past!

Hit me, Shin.

Kill me.

l am already dead.

Look there!

- Look at the way she's been... - l know! Put me to sleep!

Somebody shut her up.

Hey, sweetsie!

Ooh!

- Go to sleep! - Shut up!

Who conquered who, shit-brains?

l come here looking for Southern Cross soldiers...

and find a bunch of wet-eyed peons!

- Sir, l... - Shut up!

the only singing l wanna hear from you

is the whereabouts of your friend, Kenshiro.

Goliath!

Tell these peons what it means to be a Crossman.

Find out what she knows about the man with seven wounds.

We gotta find Lynn. We gotta find her!

We'll find her.

Kenshiro.

Lynn.

Shh, shh, shh. Calm down. Calm down.

Shh. Shh.

Who did this to you?

Their son-of-bitch leader. He did this to me.

- Where's Lynn? - Lynn?

She kept talking about somebody coming.

Nobody came.

They've all died.

No heroes.

- Where's Lynn? - He has her.

Him and that giant.

- Let's go. - Wait.

l'll get Lynn.

l need you to stay here.

All right.

l'm unstoppable!

Tell us what we want to know!

- Or l'll kill you! - No!

Then you'll die in this cage!

Fly, little bird!

Get out!

lt's you! l knew!

- Run home! Find Bat. - But...

Go. l'll find you.

Hee-taaah!

Hyee!

Oh, good! A real fight!

Your last.

No pain, brother. No pain!

Bat? Bat?

Bat?

Bat.

l hear your friend's in town, sweetheart.

Lord Shin won't be requiring your services any longer.

Oof!

Fight somebody who can fight back, you piece of Crossman trash.

Eeohh!

Look out! He's got a knife!

Kids are such suckers!

Are there any more heroes?

- Grrr.... - Hai!

- Wugh! - Ha!

Hyah!

Who... are you?

The Fist... of the North Star!

Aaghh...

Yii-ah!

Heeyah!

Hold him.

l almost beat him. l...

l almost won.

You did win, Bat.

Paradise Valley is free again, thanks to you.

- Wh... Where's my sister? - Here, Bat. l'm here.

Did you hear him?

l'm a hero!

Yes, Bat. You are a hero.

Stop!

Father?

Revenge is unworthy of you.

You must go face Shin -

not to avenge betrayal, but to restore balance.

The past is done. The future is yours to shape.

We'll look after the child.

Go. Tell Shin the flag of the North Star flies over Paradise Valley.

Julia must not know he's alive. Guard her. Don't take your eyes off her.

There you are. Sweet dreams?

- What happened? Where is Shin? - Afraid l can't tell you that.

Let's just say he had... personal business to attend to.

- What am l doing here? - Nothing yet, baby.

- What do you wanna do? - Get away!

No. l'm in charge of watching you.

How d'you like them apples? Sometimes the fox gets a break.

You and me are gonna be... pretty good friends by the end of the night.

Just you... and your pal, Jackal.

Curfew! Quickly come!

All right. More for me.

Don't touch me!

l like touching you. l like touching you so much.

Gumption! Call me old-fashioned, but l like that. l like it!

Double gumption.

l think l'm falling for you, Your Highness.

Please... come with me.

You know, l'm not afraid of them. l could take both of 'em.

Shin's lost it. Power corrupts a man. As you well know.

Clock's ticking. Could go either way upstairs.

Could go this way...

Could go that way...

Then, don't know what the hell l'm talkin' about, do you?

But if it goes my way, l sure am gonna have a lot of fun with you

before we all go to hell.

What?

There's something moving under here.

Let Jackal take care of you.

What...

l don't hear anything.

Run, doll. l can hear you running, little piggy.

And you've made this big, bad wolf very happy.

Ow!

- Hweh-ii aaa! - Agghh!

Uh! Oogh!

Aagh! Oo...

Hyaa...

Ohh!

- Eeee-yaah! - Aaagh...

Eee-yah!

Yaa!

Hyaah!

Your Highness!

Attempting to escape... is a felony!

And the punishment is at the discretion of the officer in charge.

And that's me! Jackal!

Ken.

lt's surprisingly good to see you.

- What have you been up to? - Ruining your plans.

l'd call it standing in the way of progress.

lt's a new world, my brother. Shaped by my dreams.

Your dreams are over.

Walk away. And let the future commence,

unhindered by such ghosts of the past as you.

You always did love the sound of your own voice, didn't you, Shin?

A little teasing? A little foreplay?

l can work with that.

Hee-yah!

Hi-yah! Hey-yah!

lmprovement.

Heee-yah!

- Doesn't make any difference. - Hey-ee...

Ah!

l see through all your moves, Shin.

Wh-aa!

Hii-yah!

Hoo-waah!

Whhaaah! Yeah!

A-a-a-ayy-naaah!

Kenshiro, wait!

l almost forgot. l have some sad news.

Julia...

...my most... skilful lover...

Your Highness?

..is dead.

H-h-h-yuh!

Agghh!

Waahh!

Hyuhhh!

Agghh!

Ahh-h!

Bad girl! Very bad girl!

Gotta learn a lesson! l'm... gonna... teach you!

Uhh-a-a-ah!

Uu-yy-uuuuh!

Julia!

Kenshiro.

Oh, how sweet His name's the last word out of your mouth

before it fills with your dying blood.

You had a throne. Now you're flat on your back like a good little bitch!

From now on, till l let you die, that's all there is.

l can hurt you for as long as l want.

All the while, Kenshiro upstairs.

You can't even say goodbye.

Does that hurt? Think about that!

Hyuh! Hah!

Heee-yah!

Aghh...

Hya-a-a-a-ah-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee!

Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ya-ya-ya!

The North Star and the Southern Cross...

...should never have fought.

That... was the teaching.

The teachings are true.

But there is no Southern Cross.

H-h-e-e-e-ey-ah!

Hey-ey-ey-ey-yaah!

You've ruined my life, Shin.

You've ruined all our lives!

Kenshiro...

All this... all this... was my vision.

Julia...

...she had nothing to do with it. Nothing.

She's alive?

No.

She's dead.

He-e-e-y-y-uh!

Fist of the North Star.