Throw Down (film)

Throw Down
Directed byJohnnie To
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Starring
Cinematography
Edited byDavid Richardson
Music byPeter Kam
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Distributed byChina Star Entertainment Group
Release date
  • July 8, 2004 (2004-07-08)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Box officeHK$8,231,079

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.