Movie
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
1989 · 145 min
A slow, quiet immersion into monastic life that rewards patience with moments of profound stillness and spiritual weight.
- Directed by
- Bae Yong-kyun
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Lee Pan-yong, Sin Won-sop, Hwang Hae-jin
- Overview
- About three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Faith, death, isolation, identity
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Bae Yong-kyun
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Lee Pan-yong, Sin Won-sop, Hwang Hae-jin
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