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The Deadly Art of Survival

Release Date:January 1, 1979

Running Time:77 min

Genres:Action

Director

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

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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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