Budo: The Art of Killing
Budo: The Art of Killing is a 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 kyūdō.
Plot
Budo: The Art of Killing is a compilation of various gendai budō each demonstrated by famous Japanese martial artists from the late 1970s. The film treats its subject matter with deep respect and demonstrates a great reverence for both Budō and Japanese culture in general.
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author | Masayoshi Nemoto |
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director | Masayoshi Nemoto |
editor | Koichi Atsumi |
keywords | beer bottle bruce lee fall feudal japan fire walking follow gendai budō japanese culture kata kill kunishirō hayashi kyosaku makiwara martial artist naginata-do nihonto noh nunchaku okinawan on the beach rikishi ryukyuan seppuku shinto shock strike tameshigiri train walk yabusame yoshinkan young people zazen zen buddhism |
musicBy | Stomu Yamashta |
producer | Hisao Masuda |
productionCompany | The Arthur Davis Company |
publisher | Crown International Pictures Synapse Films |
theme | anthology compilation documentary japanese martial arts |