"The Art of Combat"

2011

1h 32m

4.8(4 votes)

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Action

Thriller

Overview

Still haunted by his failure to prevent the murder of a young couple years earlier, a mixed martial arts teacher must confront the skeleton in his closet when the boy who was orphaned by the killing shows up at his door.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Jino Kang

Ken

Bill Duff

Tokyo Joe

Gina Baretta

Anita

Michael Bauld

Eric

John Carney

Minetta

Mickey Casab

Young Tokyo Joe

James Hiser

Bruno

Tim Lajcik

Rocky

Lorinzo McCoy

Speedy

Steven Menasche

Hugo

Creative team

Directed by: Jino Kang
Written by: Jino Kang
Produced by: Kurt Nangle
Jino Kang

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