Throw Down

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Throw Down

Directed by	Johnnie To
Produced by	Stephen Lam Johnnie To
Written by	Yau Nai-Hoi Au Kin-Yee Yip Tin-Shing
Starring	Louis Koo Aaron Kwok Cherrie In
Music by	Peter Kam
Editing by	David Richardson
Studio	One Hundred Years of Film Sil-Metropole Organisation Milkyway Image
Distributed by	China Star Entertainment Group
Release date(s)	July 15, 2004 (2004-07-15) (Hong Kong)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	HK$ 8,231,079^[1]

Throw Down (simplified Chinese: 柔道龙虎榜; traditional Chinese: 柔道龍虎榜) is a 2004 Hong Kong film directed by Johnnie To. Director To dedicated the film, one of his most personal films to date, to the late Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa. (cf Sanshiro Sugata) The film stars Louis Koo, Aaron Kwok, Cherrie Ying and Tony Leung Ka-Fai. The film premiered at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.

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Aaron Kwok - Tony
Louis Koo - Sze-To Bo
Cherrie Ying - Mona
Tony Leung Ka-fai - Lee Kong
Cheung Siu-fai - Brother Savage
Lo Hoi-pang - Master Cheng
Calvin Choi - Jing
Jordan Chan - Mona's Agent
Jack Kao - Mona's Dad
Albert Au
Yeung Fan
Wing Chung
Kwok Park-Yin
Chui Ka-Ho
Cheung Wai-Kit

[edit] Notes

^ "Throw down". Hong Kong Film Archive. http://ipac.hkfa.lcsd.gov.hk/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12WUQ49648920.338&profile=hkfa&uri=full=3100024@!46672@!0&ri=3&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&source=192.168.110.61@!horizon&ipp=20&staffonly=&term=Throw+down&index=FILMBRP&uindex=&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=3. Retrieved January 26, 2011.

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Throw Down at the Internet Movie Database
Throw Down at AllRovi
hkcinemagic entry

v t e Films directed by Johnnie To

1980s	The Enigmatic Case (1989) Happy Ghost III (1986) Seven Years Itch (1987) The Eighth Happiness (1988) All About Ah-Long (1989) The Fun, the Luck and the Tycoon (1989)

1990s	The Story of My Son (1990) The Royal Scoundrel (1991) Lucky Encounter (1992) Justice, My Foot! (1992) The Mad Monk (1993) The Heroic Trio (1993) Loving You (1995) A Moment of Romance 3 (1996) Lifeline (1997) A Hero Never Dies (1998) Running Out of Time (1999) Where a Good Man Goes (1999) The Mission (1999)

2000s	PTU (2003) Breaking News (2004) Throw Down (2004) Yesterday Once More (2004) Election (2005) Election 2 (2006) Exiled (2006) Linger (2008) Sparrow (2008) Vengeance (2009)

2010s	Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) Life Without Principle (2011)

Films with Wai Ka-Fai	Needing You... (2000) Help!!! (2000) Love on a Diet (2001) Fulltime Killer (2001) Fat Choi Spirit (2002) My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) Love For All Seasons (2003) Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) Running on Karma (2003) Mad Detective (2007)

Co-director	The Big Heat (1988) Executioners (1993) Running Out of Time 2 (2001) Triangle (2007)

See also	Milkyway Image Filmography Awards and honors Tactical Unit series

v t e Milkyway Image

1990s films	Beyond Hypothermia (1996) • Final Justice (1996) • Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 (1996) • The Odd One Dies (1997) • The Intruder (1997) • The Longest Nite (1998) • Expect the Unexpected (1998) • A Hero Never Dies (1998) • Sealed with a Kiss (1999) • Where a Good Man Goes (1998) • Running Out of Time (1999) • The Mission (1999)

2000s films	Spacked Out (2000) • Needing You... (2000) • Help!!! (2000) • Comeuppance (2000) • Wu yen (2001) • Love on a Diet (2001) • Fulltime Killer (2001) • Let’s Sing Along (2001) • Running Out of Time 2 (2001) • Second Time Around (2001) • Fat Choi Spirit (2002) • My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (2002) • Love For All Seasons (2003) • PTU (2003) • Looking for Mr. Perfect (2003) • Turn Left, Turn Right (2003) • Running on Karma (2003) • Breaking News (2004) • Throw Down (2004) • Yesterday Once More (2004) • Election (2005) • 2 Become 1 (2006) • Election 2 (2006) • Exiled (2006) • Eye in the Sky (2007) Triangle (2007) • Hooked on You (2007) • Mad Detective (2007) • Linger (2008) • Sparrow (2008) • Tactical Unit - The Code (2008) • Tactical Unit - No Way Out (2008) • Tactical Unit - Human Nature (2008) • Tactical Unit - Partners (2009) • Tactical Unit - Comrades in Arms (2009) • Accident (2009) • Vengeance (2009)

2010s films	Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011) • Punished (2011) • Life Without Principle (2011) •

Filmmakers	Johnnie To • Wai Ka-Fai • Law Wing-Cheong • Patrick Yau • Matt Chow • Cheang Pou-Soi • Lawrence Ah Mon • Ringo Lam • Tsui Hark • Jeffrey Lau

Screenwriters	Yau Nai-Hoi • Au Kin-Yee • Yip Tin-Shing • Szeto Kam-Yuen • Ivy Ho

Crew	Dennis Law • Cheng Siu-Keung • Martin Chappell • May Mok • Patrick Tam • Lai Yiu-Fai • David M. Richardson

See also	Tactical Unit series

v t e Cinema of Hong Kong

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