The Art of Self-Defense

Director

Riley Stearns

Cast

• 

  Jesse Eisenberg

  Casey

• 

  Alessandro Nivola

  Sensei

• 

  Imogen Poots

  Anna

• 

  Steve Terada

  Thomas

• 

  David Zellner

  Henry

• 

  Phillip Andre Botello

  Kennith

• 

  Jason Burkey

  Alex

• M

  Mike Brooks

  Steve

Plot overview

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.