THE DEADLY ART OF SURVIVAL

Name: The Deadly Art of Survival: Dojo Showdown with Drug Lords
Director: Charlie Ahearn
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 1979-01-01
Duration: 1 h 17 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Nathan Ingram, George David Gonzalez, Miguel Villanueva, Gerard Hovagimyan, Kiki Smith

1979 · 01:17:00 · NR · Action / Drama · IMDB TMDB

Real-life kung fu master Nathan Ingram stars in this gritty, low-budget martial arts epic as a local karate school owner who clashes with a gang of drug traffickers posing as the owners of a rival dojo. Director Charlie Ahearn (who helmed the landmark hip-hop film Wild Style) used the housing projects next to his New York Lower East Side apartment as his central location in this 1979 classic, shot on a vintage Super 8 camera.

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Director Charlie Ahearn

Writer Charlie Ahearn

Keywords

Revenge Martial Arts New York City African American Karate Drug Dealer Ghetto Gang War Low-budget Disco Street Fight Brooklyn Bridge Karate Kick Ninjas Puerto Rican Hip-hop Dojo Housing Project Downtown Old School Lower East Side Jumped East River Dojang