Budo: The Art of Killing

Budo: The Art of Killing

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 10, 1979

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

65%

Original Title

Budo

Production Companies

Crown International Pictures

Director

Masayoshi Nemoto

Description

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.