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The Art of Self-Defense

Release Date:July 12, 2019

Running Time:104 min

Genres:Drama, Comedy, Thriller, Mystery

Director

Cast

Jesse Eisenberg Alessandro Nivola Imogen Poots Steve Terada David Zellner Phillip Andre Botello Jason Burkey Mike Brooks C.J. Rush Davey Johnson Hauke Bahr Katherine Martin

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

Casey is attacked at random on the street and enlists in a local dojo led by a charismatic and mysterious Sensei in an effort to learn how to defend himself. What he uncovers is a sinister world of fraternity, violence and hypermasculinity and a woman fighting for her place in it.

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