Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?: A Zen Fable
Three people live in a remote Buddhist monastery near Mount Chonan: Hyegok, the old master; Yong Nan, a young man who has left his extended family in the city to seek enlightenment - Hyegok calls him Kibong!; and, an orphan lad Haejin, whom Hyegok has brought to the monastery to raise as a monk. The story is mostly Yong Nan's, told in flashbacks: how he came to the monastery, his brief return to the city, his vacillation between the turbulence of the world and his hope to overcome passions and escape the idea of self. We also see Hyegok as a teacher, a protector, and a father figure, and we watch Haejin make his way as a curious and nearly self-sufficient child.
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HD
Drama
1989
137 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?: A Zen Fable
- Duration : 137 min
- Languages : Korean
- Writers : Yong-Kyun Bae
- Directors : Yong-Kyun Bae min
- Imdb : 7.8 (900 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.8 (784 votes)
- Actors : Yi Pan-Yong, Sin Won-Sop, Hae-Jin Huang, Su-Myong Ko
Movie Storyline
Three people live in a remote Buddhist monastery near Mount Chonan: Hyegok, the old master; Yong Nan, a young man who has left his extended family in the city to seek enlightenment - Hyegok calls him Kibong!; and, an orphan lad Haejin, whom Hyegok has brought to the monastery to raise as a monk. The story is mostly Yong Nan's, told in flashbacks: how he came to the monastery, his brief return to the city, his vacillation between the turbulence of the world and his hope to overcome passions and escape the idea of self. We also see Hyegok as a teacher, a protector, and a father figure, and we watch Haejin make his way as a curious and nearly self-sufficient child.