Budo: The Art of Killing his native Japan until he came across Arthur Davis, an American film exhibitor who ran a distribution company in Tokyo. Davis stated he funded the film out of the respect and gratitude he felt towards Japan. "The Art of Killing" won first prize at the 1978 Miami International Film Festival, but did not find an American distribution deal until 1981, when it was acquired by Crown International Pictures and received a limited release in 1982 under the title "Budo". The film eventually got a VHS release through Prism Entertainment which helped build its cult status among Japanese martial arts practitioners
Black company (Japanese term) a DVD titled "Black Kigyō ni Go-yōjin" (Beware of Black Companies) was released. The protagonist of the manga "ReLIFE" worked at a black company. In the manga and anime series "Warau Salesman" (Laughing Salesman), one of the victims/protagonist worked at Black Corporation and contemplated suicide before meeting the Laughing Salesman. Black company (Japanese term) A , also referred to in English as a black corporation or black business, is a Japanese term for an exploitative sweatshop-type employment system. While the term "sweatshop" is associated with manufacturing, and the garment trade in particular, in Japan black companies are not necessarily associated