With rousing martial-arts action and wild comedy, Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To’s most personal film is a thrilling love letter to both the cinema of Akira Kurosawa and the art of judo. One of the most personal films by the prolific Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To is a thrilling love letter to both the cinema of Akira Kurosawa and the art and philosophy of judo. Amid the neon-drenched nightclubs and gambling dens of Hong Kong’s nocturnal underworld, the fates of three wandering souls—a former judo champion now barely scraping by as an alcoholic bar owner (Louis Koo), a young fighter (Aaron Kwok) intent on challenging him, and a singer (Cherrie Ying) chasing dreams of stardom—collide in an operatic explosion of human pain, ambition, perseverance, and redemption. Paying offbeat homage to Kurosawa’s debut feature, Sanshiro Sugata, To scrambles wild comedy, flights of lyrical surrealism, and rousing martial-arts action into what is ultimately a disarmingly touching ode to the healing power of friendship. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES Interview from 2004 with director Johnnie To New interviews with coscreenwriter Yau Nai-hoi, composer Peter Kam, and film scholars David Bordwell and Caroline Guo Short making-of documentary from 2004 featuring To and actors Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying, and Tony Leung Ka-fai Trailer New English subtitle translation THROW DOWN BD CRITERION COLLECTION
Product Identifiers
UPC
0715515264013
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19048604787
Product Key Features
Movie/TV Title
Throw Down (Criterion Collection)
Run Time
95 min.
Rating
NR
Release Year
2004
Format
Blu-ray
Genre
Drama
Studio
Criterion Collection
Sub-Genre
Foreign-Chinese
Dimensions
Item Height
0.58 in
Item Weight
0.23 lb
Item Length
6.68 in
Item Width
5.33 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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11232
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