Skip to content
The Couch Critic Logo
Budo: The Art of Killing

Budo: The Art of Killing

Original Title: Budo

19791h 41m
Documentary

Status

Released

Release

1979

Runtime

1h 41m

Where to Watch
Streaming availability by country
How to compare streaming availability
Provider type

Streaming

2
Fandor Amazon ChannelFandor Amazon Channel
Midnight Pulp Amazon ChannelMidnight Pulp Amazon Channel

Rent

4
Amazon VideoAmazon Video
Apple TV StoreApple TV Store
Google Play MoviesGoogle Play Movies
YouTubeYouTube

Buy

4
Amazon VideoAmazon Video
Apple TV StoreApple TV Store
Google Play MoviesGoogle Play Movies
YouTubeYouTube

Free with ads

1
Tubi TVTubi TV
Streaming data provided byJustWatch
Updated daily

Storyline

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.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 41m
Nov 10, 1979
Languages
English
Director
Masayoshi Nemoto
Production
Arthur Davis Organisation
Arthur Davis Organisation
Production Countries
Japan

Recommended Movies

Directed by John Ford poster
Movie

A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford.

Directed by John Ford

Sep 1971

Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron poster
Movie

A documentary that chronicles the making of The Boy and the Heron, filmed with exclusive access to Studio Ghibli across an astonishing seven years.

Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron

Oct 2024

Wick Is Pain poster
Movie

Witness the never-before-seen footage and true story behind the John Wick phenomenon – from independent film to billion-dollar franchise.

Wick Is Pain

May 2025

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me poster
Movie

From the heights of her modeling fame to her tragic death, this documentary reveals Anna Nicole Smith through the eyes of the people closest to her.

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

May 2023

Capital in the Twenty-First Century poster
Movie

Film adaptation of French economist Thomas Piketty's ground-breaking global bestseller of the same name: an eye-opening journey through wealth and power.

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Sep 2019