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Budo: The Art of Killing is an award winning 1978 Japanese martial arts documentary created and produced by Hisao Masuda and financed by The Arthur Davis Company. Considered a cult classic, the film is a compilation of various Japanese martial art demonstrations by several famous Japanese instructors such as Gozo Shioda, Taizaburo Nakamura and Teruo Hayashi. Martial arts featured in the film include: karate, aikido, kendo, sumo, and judo among others. The only modern Japanese martial art not featured in the film is kyudo.[citation needed]
Original Release
01/01/1978
US Release
04/01/1982
Cast
Name | Character |
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Harry J. Quini | Narrator |
Teruo Hayashi |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Harry J. Quini | Narrator |
Teruo Hayashi |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Hisao Masuda | Producer |