Throw Down (film)

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 Ying Tony Leung
Music by	Peter Kam
Cinematography	Cheng Siu-Keung To Hung-mo
Edited by	David Richardson
Production company	One Hundred Years of Film Sil-Metropole Organisation Milkyway Image
Distributed by	China Star Entertainment Group
Release date	15 July 2004 (2004-07-15)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Hong Kong
Language	Cantonese
Box office	US$1.05 million (HK)

Throw Down (simplified Chinese: 柔道龙虎榜; traditional Chinese: 柔道龍虎榜) 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. Director To dedicated the film, one of his most personal films to date, to the late Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa and drew elements from Kurosawa's debut feature Sanshiro Sugata. It premiered at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.