{"product_id":"throw-down-criterion-collection-dvd","title":"Throw Down (Criterion Collection) (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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.\n\n\r\nDIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\n\r\nNew 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack\n\r\nInterview from 2004 with director Johnnie To\n\r\nNew interviews with coscreenwriter Yau Nai-hoi, composer Peter Kam, and film scholars David Bordwell and Caroline Guo\n\r\nShort making-of documentary from 2004 featuring To and actors Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying, and Tony Leung Ka-fai\n\r\nTrailer\n\r\nNew English subtitle translation\n\r\nPLUS: An essay by film critic Sean Gilman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview from 2004 with director Johnnie To\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interviews with coscreenwriter Yau Nai-hoi, composer Peter Kam, and film scholars David Bordwell and Caroline Guo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShort making-of documentary from 2004 featuring To and actors Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying, and Tony Leung Ka-fai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew English subtitle translation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by film critic Sean Gilman\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTHROW DOWN  DVD  CRITERION COLLECTION\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarring: Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying, Louis Koo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRating: NR\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49072247144722,"sku":"715515264112","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/3986213-2721136.jpg?v=1715274528","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/throw-down-criterion-collection-dvd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}