Bibliograph

Throw down, Fortune Star, Janus Films ; producers, Johnnie To, Stephen Lam ; writers, Yau Nai-hoi, Yip Tin-shing, Au Kin-yee ; director, Johnnie To

Type

Label

Throw down, Fortune Star, Janus Films ; producers, Johnnie To, Stephen Lam ; writers, Yau Nai-hoi, Yip Tin-shing, Au Kin-yee ; director, Johnnie To

Language

chi

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Throw down

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

1262141979

Responsibility statement

Fortune Star, Janus Films ; producers, Johnnie To, Stephen Lam ; writers, Yau Nai-hoi, Yip Tin-shing, Au Kin-yee ; director, Johnnie To

Runtime

Series statement

Criterion collection, 1092

Summary

"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."--Container

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Yau doh lung fu bong

Classification