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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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Directed by: Riley Stearns, Michael Ragen, Diletta Di Nicolantonio
Produced by: Nathan Zellner, David Zellner, Walter Kortschak
Composed by: Heather McIntosh
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