Animated film adaptation of the Tekken video game franchise.
Sometime in the near future, cloning has been outlawed by the Darwin Treaty, but an international crime-fighting organization suspects that super-rich weapons magnate Heihachi Mishima is planning something nasty. Meanwhile Kazuya, Mishima's son, is out to kill him. Mishima thought the best way to train his gentle, good-hearted son was by throwing him into a ravine. The boy survived only thanks to his raging thirst for revenge and has now become a superb martial artist in his own right. A prestigious martial arts tournament on Mishima's private island off Hong Kong, attended by the best fighters from all over the world, offers Kazuya the chance to achieve his aims. His childhood friend Jun wants to bring him back from his chosen path of hatred, but his father aims to Turn Him To The Dark Side.
This game-based anime incorporates characters from all three Tekken versions then available. Tekken pays lip service to the police thriller angle exploited in the past by Street Fighter II, casting Jun Kazama as a lady investigator with an international crime-busting syndicate. Both in anticipation of the large Chinese market and in recognition of the ideal way to engineer as many fight scenes as possible, it also pastiches Bruce Lee movies-hence the martial arts tournament on a millionaire's private island, the promised fight through the floors of a central tower, and the Hong Kong setting. Though the plot meanders toward a massive fight at Mishima's lair, which would, of course, be the tournament featured in the game itself, the events of the game only take place off-screen for a few fleeting seconds. The script takes the macho posturing of games to mind-boggling extremes, and as a rundown of all the available clichés, Tekken has the lot, including a childhood flashback, bad dreams, sibling rivalry, a shower scene, an evil corporation, a female assassin, a psychic girl agent, graphic breaking bones, a gentle giant, a girl in a sailor suit, a broken punching bag, incompetent minions, Russian androids, a self-destruct sequence, and a baddie who lives to fight another day. As a small bonus, it also includes stealth dinosaurs and a boxing kangaroo. As well as adding the pretentious subtitle "the motion picture," the English-language release replaced the original soundtrack with music from popular beat combos, including Offspring and Corrosion of Conformity. V
This game-based anime incorporates characters from all three Tekken versions then available. Tekken pays lip service to the police thriller angle exploited in the past by Street Fighter II, casting Jun Kazama as a lady investigator with an international crime-busting syndicate. Both in anticipation of the large Chinese market and in recognition of the ideal way to engineer as many fight scenes as possible, it also pastiches Bruce Lee movies-hence the martial arts tournament on a millionaire's private island, the promised fight through the floors of a central tower, and the Hong Kong setting. Though the plot meanders toward a massive fight at Mishima's lair, which would, of course, be the tournament featured in the game itself, the events of the game only take place off-screen for a few fleeting seconds. The script takes the macho posturing of games to mind-boggling extremes, and as a rundown of all the available clichés, Tekken has the lot, including a childhood flashback, bad dreams, sibling rivalry, a shower scene, an evil corporation, a female assassin, a psychic girl agent, graphic breaking bones, a gentle giant, a girl in a sailor suit, a broken punching bag, incompetent minions, Russian androids, a self-destruct sequence, and a baddie who lives to fight another day. As a small bonus, it also includes stealth dinosaurs and a boxing kangaroo. As well as adding the pretentious subtitle "the motion picture," the English-language release replaced the original soundtrack with music from popular beat combos, including Offspring and Corrosion of Conformity. V
Characters & Voice Actors
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Kazuya Mishima ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Lei Wulong ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Lee Chaolan ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Heihachi Mishima ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Nina Williams ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Anna Williams ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Michelle Chang ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Jin Kazama ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Jun Kazama ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Jack 2 ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Roger ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Dr. Bosconovitch ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Baek Doo San ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Paul Phoenix ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Yoshimitsu ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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King ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Armor King ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Ganryu ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Marshall Law ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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Bruce Irvin ( x ) ( x ) ( x ) |
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General Information
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 Name: |
Tekken |
| Release Date: |
Jan. 26, 1999 |
 Name: |
鉄拳 |
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| Release Date: |
Jan. 21, 1998 |
| Rating: | None |
| Runtime: | 60 (mins) |
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| Aliases | Iron Fist |
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