DVD & Blu-ray: THROW DOWN (2004) - Criterion Collection

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Product Description: 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.

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Director: Johnnie To

Starring: Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Tony Ka-Fai Leung

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 95 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Cantonese

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: September 21, 2021

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DVD - Criterion Collection

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Codec: MPEG-2
Resolution: 480i
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Encoding Format: 16:9
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Region: Region A/1

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DVD: None
Blu-ray: None

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DVD: Dolby Digital 5.1
Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

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DVD: English

Blu-ray: English

SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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NEW 4K RESTORATION, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
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
PLUS: An essay by film critic Sean Gilman