Throw Down (2004)

Original title

柔道龍虎榜

Directed by

Johnnie To

Genre

martial arts film

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 117 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A washed-up judo champion and a blind aspiring fighter cross paths in a rundown Hong Kong. They form an unlikely bond while sparring and searching for purpose in their lives.

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What happens

Throw Down (traditional Chinese: 柔道龍虎榜; simplified Chinese: 柔道龙虎榜) (Judo Dragon and the Tiger List) is a 2004 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Johnnie To and starring Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying, and Tony Leung Ka-fai. To dedicated the film to the late Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and, in making it, had drawn upon elements of Kurosawa's debut feature, Sanshiro Sugata. Throw Down had its premiere at the 61st Venice International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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