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.
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- Arthur Davis Organisation
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Harry J. Quini as Narrator
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Masayoshi Nemoto · Director, Writer
Koichi Atsumi · Editor
Hisao Masuda · Producer
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