Fist of the North Star (1995)

[bunniefuu]

[Narrator] '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.'

[Heartbeat]

'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?'

[Whistling wind]

'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 k*ll me.

Yes. l mean to k*ll 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.

[Rumbling]

[Ryuken] '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.'

[Men shouting]

[Military style chanting]

[Motorbike engines]

[Creaking metal]

'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!


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.'

# ..so far away now

# Once there were sweet rivers

# Not rainfall that stings

# The roads go not by there
And ships may not sail

# But still we may fly there
on memory's wings #

- Well?
- Some tuna, charcoal.

- Small expl*si*n in the new mine.
- Anybody hurt?

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

[Man] OK! Quick, food!

[2nd man] 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...
- [Engines]

..motorcycles.

[Frightened shouts]

[Yelling]

Who gets it today? Ha! Ha!

- There you go!
- [Screaming]

Die, you dog!

- [g*nsh*t]
- What's happening?

- Crossmen attack!
- Yee-hah!

Where are you going? Ooh, baby!

Ha ha!

What you gonna do? [Laughs]

[Evil laughter]

- [Whimpering]
- The truck! No!

Hee-yah!

Rah-zar!

- l'm not gonna hurt you.
- [Piercing steel]

l almost hurt myself!

Uh!

Bat! Bat!

- [Laughs]
- Bat! Bat!

Bye-bye!

The cross survive!

- Uh!
- [Woman] My baby!

No! Let's run!

Bat! Bat!

l fought him off. l'm invincible.

- [Thunderclap]
- Bad rain. Bad rain, Bat!

[Man] The rain's come!
[Woman] Hurry!

[Man] Come on!

[2nd man] Where's the cover?

Cover the water! Cover the water!

Cover the water! Bad rain! Bad rain!

- Cover the water!
- Let's go!

[Man shouting] Cover the water!

[Rumbling thunder]

[Ryuken] 'The wasteland,
an endless expanse

'of baked earth and freezing winds.

'The tomb of civilisation.

'Dwellings are rare.

'Travellers rarer still.'

[Frequency signals]

[Wind howling]

[Creaking]

l need shelter.

[Woman DJ] '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.'

[Thunderclap]

[Bleeping]

[Painful breathing]

[Groaning]

[Groaning continues]

Aghh!

Urrh!

[Groans] Julia!

- Kenshiro!
- Aghh!

[Pants]

[Thunderclap]

[Windmill squeaks]

[Howling wind]

[Woman] Leave me alone!
Take your hands off me!

- [Crossman] You people alone out here?
- What do you want?

We don't want. We take.

Let her go. We'll give you anything.

Give? [Laughs] You don't give!

- We take!
- [Men laugh]

What are you gonna do now, huh?

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

- Bring her in. Put her on the bed.
- [Man laughs]

- Put her in there!
- No!

- You boys are first!
- [Woman screams]

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

- [Laughs]
- [Yells]

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

[Crunching bones]

[Grunting and groaning]

- [Yells]
- [Crunching bones]

Aggh!

[Screams]

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.

[Screams]

[Creaking and crunching]

Oh, no! No! Aghh!

- [Squelching and cracking]
- Aghh, no!

[Cries of pain continue]

[Yells]

[Splat - cries stop]

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 k*lled 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.

[Yells]

Again.

- [Yells]
- Again.

- Again.
- [Yells]

- Again.
- Yah!

Again.

[Yells]

You were very good.
You gave yourself much honour.

[Cries out]

[Shuddering cries]

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 k*lled
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!

[Crossman]
The townspeople are feeble.

Water's unprotected.
We can move right in.

Like pigs in a slaughterhouse.
Lot of squealing. No ba*ls.

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 sl*ves.

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!

[Boys yell]

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.

[Boys] Hyuh! Hyuh!

We are in a w*r. 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.

[Mouths]

[Thunderclap]

[With Ryuken's voice]
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.

[Thunderclap]

[Rumbling]

[With Ryuken's voice]
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!

[Rushing wind]

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 sl*ves[!]

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!

[Banging]

[Ryuken] 'You are in default of your destiny.'

Aghh!

'The choice is not yours to make.'

- Kenshiro!
- [Gasps]

Julia!

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

Hwah! Hwii!

[Exhales deeply]

Rr-r-r-rah!

[Exhales deeply]

[Strains]

Hyeee-aah!

[Roars]

[Men laughing]

The pants will fit.

l want the pants! [Laughs]

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

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

- Stop it!
- Come on!

- [Banging on metal]
- Get him!

Come on, you!

Hyah!

- Yaah!
- Hyuh!

[Yells]

[Groans]

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.

[Groaning]

Agh!

[Yelling]

Hee-yaah!

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

l've got business to the south.

- [Whistling wind]
- 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!

[# Twinkly tune]

[Key turning in lock]

[Gusting wind]

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 k*ll some people!

- [Crossmen] k*ll! k*ll!
- Yeah!

Let's k*ll them! And let's enjoy it!

- Let's go!
- [Yelling]

- k*ll them!
- [Metallic rasping]

[Whooshing]

[Shouting]

Aaghh! Help!

[Whacking, thudding]

[Screams] Leave him alone!

- [Motorbike engines]
- [Yelling]

[sh**ting]

[Woman] No!

[Woman] No! No! No!

[Engine revving]

[Screams]

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

Rr-au-au!

Burn, m*therf*cker!

[Screams]

That's right. Burn!

[Screams]

[Yelling]

Enjoying yourself, sir?

[Wailing]

- [g*nsh*t]
- lt ain't easy bein' sleazy.

[Engines revving]

[Echoing scream]

- [Screams]
- [Motorbike revving]

[Groans]

[Breathes heavily]

- My father was right.
- Whatever you say.

l have no choice. l opened her eyes.

- [Prolonged scream]
- Quiet! OK?

Lynn? Are you talking about Lynn?

- Let's go.
- Whatever you say!

- [Chains clanking]
- [Yelling]

Take this load of sh*t to Southern Cross.

Which one's the engineer?

- [Shouts] Which one?
- Me!

Plans will arrive. You'll build.

l'll build nothing, you ugly son of a b*tch!

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?

k*ll that brown-nosing sack of sh*t

before l puke all over myself.

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

- There'll be no treaty!
- [Gurgles]

- No!
- No partnership!

Complete obedience...or death!

[Neck crunching]

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.

[Metal clanking]

This needs to be much higher.

Hey! Get back there, you old b*tch!

Get your a*s out of there!

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

[Gasps]

- Then die.
- [Both laugh]

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

- Get out of there!
- Let me go, you ugly b*stard!

- 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.

- [Men] No!
- Set her up.

- [Men] No!
- Come on!

- [Man] Grab her!
- Might...is right!

Dissent...is intolerable!

Move out! Move out!

Have mercy.

Touch me again
and your head's next, you old b*tch.

Next life, watch your mouth.

k*ll her.

Kenshiro will make you pay! [Screams]

[Whooshing rasp]

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.

[Distant woman screams]
Leave me alone! No! No!

[Woman] No! No!

[Fizzing]

- [Men laugh]
- [Man] Fry, baby!

[Laughter]

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.

[Grating metal]

Trapped in the past.

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

My future will rise from the scorched earth.

[Whispers] 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.

- [Turning lock]
- [Creaking]

[Julia] 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!

- [Laughs]
- Kenshiro!

[Laughs]

[Grunting and groaning]

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

- Huah! Hah!
- Daagh!

My head! What did you do to me?

- [Whimpers]
- [Screams]

'[Cracking and squelching]'

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.

[Whistling wind]

No! [Echoes]

[Wild cry]

[Thunderclap]

No!

No, Kenshiro!

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

Ee-yah!

- Pick him up!
- [Julia] No!

Kenshiro!

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

Never! l love Kenshiro!

[Man mocks and laughs]

[Juddering scream]

Shin! No! No!

- No, Shin!
- Agghh!

- [Gurgling]
- Tell me you love me!

Never! Never!

- [Air hisses out]
- Agghh!

Stop! No!

Tell me! Tell me you love me!

- [Agonised gasp]
- No!

- [Prolonged scream]
- [Julia sobs]

- [Slurping]
- [Screams out]

l love you! l love you, Shin!

[Distorted] Julia!

[Wails]

- Aaaagghhh!
- [Squelching]

[Distraught sobs]

l love you, too.

Take her.

- Kenshiro! Kenshiro!
- [Blustering wind]

No! No! Kenshiro!

Kenshiro-o-o-o!

[Whispers] Think of this
as you breathe your last.

l k*lled your father, too.

- Stop looking at the past!
- [Seeds clatter]

[Panicky breathing]

Hit me, Shin.

k*ll me.

l am already dead.

[Lynn sings] # Once there were rivers
So far away now

# Once there were sweet rivers

# Not rainfall that stings

# The roads go not by there
And ships may not sail

# But still we may fly there
on memory's wings

# Once there were rivers
so far away now

# There once were sweet rivers

# Not rainfall that stings

# The roads go not by there
And ships may not sail

- [Laughs evilly]
- # Still we may fly there on memory's wings

- # Once there were rivers... #
- Look there!

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

[Continues singing]

- [Laughs]
- Somebody shut her up.

- Hey, sweetsie!
- [Laughter]

# ...on memory's wings. #

- Ooh!
- [Men laugh]

- Go to sleep!
- [Yells] Shut up!

[Laughter dissipates]

- # The roads go not by there...
- lt's just a kid!

# Still we may fly there
on memory's wings

# Once there were green hills
So far away now

# There once were sweet rivers
Not rainfall that stings

# The roads go not by there
And ships may not sail #

Who conquered who, sh*t-brains?

l come here looking for
Southern Cross soldiers...

and find a bunch of wet-eyed peons!

[Singing continues]

- Sir, l...
- Shut up!

# ...and ships may not sail

- # But still we may fly there...
- And as for you, you little b*tch,

the only singing l wanna hear from you

is the whereabouts of your friend, Kenshiro.

# The roads go not by there
And ships may not sail

# But still we may fly there
on memory's wings #

Goliath!

- [Pounding steps]
- [Growls deeply]

Tell these peons
what it means to be a Crossman.

[Bellows]

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

[Rumbling growl]

[Whistling wind]

[Bat] We gotta find Lynn. We gotta find her!

We'll find her.

[Jackal] Kenshiro.

- [Girl sobbing]
- Lynn.

[Whimpers]

Shh, shh, shh.
[Whispers] Calm down. Calm down.

Shh. Shh.

Who did this to you?

Their son-of-b*tch 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.

- [Weeps]
- l need you to stay here.

[Whispers] All right.

l'm unstoppable!

- [Screams]
- [Roars]

- [Echoing scream]
- Tell us what we want to know!

- Or l'll k*ll you!
- No!

Then you'll die in this cage!

- Fly, little bird!
- [Piercing scream]

- [Roars]
- [Scream continues]

- [Bellows]
- Get out!

[Yells]

lt's you! l knew!

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

Go. l'll find you.

- [Growls]
- Hee-taaah!

- Hyee!
- [Roars]

[Growling] Oh, good! A real fight!

Your last.

[Yelling, thwacking]

[Laughs]

No pain, brother. No pain!

[Cries of exertion]

[Whispers] 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!
- [Gasps]

[Squealing]

Look out! He's got a knife!

Kids are such suckers!

[Laughs evilly]

[Roars]

[Groans]

[Bellows]

Are there any more heroes?

[Goliath roars and laughs]

- Grrr....
- Hai!

- Wugh!
- Ha!

- Hyah!
- [Groans]

- [Strains]
- Who...are you?

The Fist...of the North Star!

- Aaghh...
- [Crunching bones]

[Yelling]

[Swords drawn from sheaths]

- Yii-ah!
- [Clashing metal]

[Men shout]

[Yelps]

[Cries]

- [g*nsh*t]
- [Screams]

[Creaking wail]

Heeyah!

Hold him.

l almost beat him. l...

[Coughs] l almost won.

You did win, Bat.

Paradise Valley is free again, thanks to you.

[Breathes painfully]

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

[Painfully] Did you hear him?

l'm a hero!

Yes, Bat. You are a hero. [Weeps]

[Dying breath]

[Woman weeps]

[Sobs]

[Splutters, gurgles]

- [Thunderclap]
- [Ryuken] Stop!

[Coughing]

[Gusting wind]

- [Thunder]
- Father?

[Ryuken] Revenge is unworthy of you.

You must go face Shin -

not to avenge betrayal,
but to restore balance.

[Whispering wind]

[Ryuken] The past is done.
The future is yours to shape.

[Thunderclap]

We'll look after the child.

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

[Motorbike engine]

[Engine ticks over]

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

- [Engine revs]
- [Clanking]

- [Metal rattling]
- [Heartbeat]

[Hissing]

[Electrical fizzing]

[Dripping]

[Whooshing]

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? [Laughs]
- 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.

[Flame roars]

Just you...and your pal, Jackal.

[Squeaking]

[Siren]

Curfew! Quickly come!

[Fire roaring]

All right. More for me. [Laughs]

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. [Cackles]

- Please...come with me.
- [Bellowing]

[Footsteps]

[Humming machinery]

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...
- [Clanking]

- Could go that way...
- [Ratcheting]

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.

[Hissing, clanking]

What?

There's something moving under here.

Let Jackal take care of you.

- What...
- [Clanking, hissing]

- l don't hear anything.
- [Yells]

[Cries out]

[Yelps]

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

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

[Gusting wind]

[Echoing footsteps]

- [Both yell]
- Ow!

- Hweh-ii aaa!
- [Men] Agghh!

[Whipping air]

[Both yell]

- [Clashing]
- Uh! Oogh!

Aagh! Oo...

[Grunting]

Hyaa...

- [Air whipping]
- Ohh!

- Eeee-yaah!
- Aaagh...

Eee-yah!

- [Air threshing]
- Yaa!

Hyaah!

[Pummelling]

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!

[Whooshing flame]

[Footsteps]

[Roaring]

[Creaking]

[Shin] 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.

[Whispers] 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?

[Hissing]

[Gasps]

A little teasing? A little foreplay?

- l can work with that.
- [Clinking]

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!
- [Groans]

[Breathlessly] Kenshiro, wait!

l almost forgot. l have some sad news.

Julia...

[Pants]

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

- [Clinking]
- Your Highness?

..is dead.

H-h-h-yuh!

[Thwacking, grunting]

[Groans]

- [Crunching bones]
- Agghh!

Waahh!

- [Pummelling]
- [Cries out]

[Grunting]

[Straining, yelling]

[Terrified gasping]

Hyuhhh!

- [Yelps]
- [Bellows]

- [Screams]
- [Grunts]

Agghh!

Ahh-h!

Bad girl! Very bad girl!

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

Uhh-a-a-ah!

[Grunting]

[Thwacking, groaning]

Uu-yy-uuuuh!

- [Screams]
- [Splitting]

- [Yells]
- [Hissing wounds]

[Breathes painfully]

[Whispers] Julia!

[Whispers] Kenshiro.

- [Slapping]
- [Julia whimpers]

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 b*tch!

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!
- [Slapping]

Hyuh! Hah!

Heee-yah!

- [Moans]
- [Laughs]

[Strains, yelps]

[Jangling]

[Cries out]

- [Pounding]
- [Whooshing]

- [Creaking]
- [Gasps]

- [Shrieks]
- [Clanking]

[Screams]

[Yelling]

Aghh...

- [Cries out]
- [Cracking]

[Screams]

- [Splintering bones]
- [Gurgling scream]

- [Prolonged screaming]
- [Exploding]

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

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

[Breathes heavily]

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!

[Gasps painfully]

[Breathes heavily]

You've ruined my life, Shin.

You've ruined all our lives!

[Whispers] Kenshiro...

[Breathing painfully]
All this...all this...was my vision.

Julia...

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

She's alive?

No.

She's dead. [Laughs]

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

[Breathes deeply]

[Distant whooshing]

[Howling wind]

[Clinking metal]

[Breathes heavily]

- [Clinking weapons]
- [Man laughs]

[Slow footsteps]

Fist of the North Star.