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Budo: The Art of Killing

Budo: The Art of Killing

1979•1h 41m•6.5/10
Documentary

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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.

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Arthur Davis Organisation

Language

JA

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Released

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Cast

Harry J. Quini

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Soke Gozo Shioda

Teruo Hayashi

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