The Deadly Art of Survival
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- Runtime
- 77 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Nathan Ingram
- George David Gonzalez
- Miguel Villanueva
- Gerard Hovagimyan
- Kiki Smith
- Freddy Rivera
- Arthur Abrams
- Paula Humphrey
- Rosetta Campbell
- Yoshiko Chuma
- Beth B
- Gahiji Tee Pantera
- Tony Voss
- Raymond Dias
- Danny Davis
- George Torres
- 'Star' Steve Rickenbacker
- Eddie Jones
- Robert Thomas
- Victor Rivera
- David Artis
- Steve Tinsley
- 'Tonfa' Pablo Salcedo
- Christy Rupp
- Becky Howland
- Daryl Kirkland
- Charlie Hernandez
Director
- Charlie Ahearn
