Nothing to do with Japan, except that I had the Japanese "Jehova's Witness" duo knocking on my door.
Wahhh!!! How do they make that special effect safe!?!
It wouldn't be to hard to do as a purely digital effect. As soon as the actor hits the mark where he get "hit" he quickly runs out of frame. That movement then gets covered by the digital bus hit so you keep the one take.
