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Passage to Buddha

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Original title

Hwaomkyung (Passage to Buddha)

Year

1993

Running time

136 min.

Country

South Korea

Director

Jang Sun-woo

Screenwriter

Jang Sun-woo. Novel: Un Ko

Cast

Music

Chong-Ku Lee

Cinematography

Yong-kil You

Producer

Taehung Pictures

Genre

Drama. Adventure | Family Relationships. Religion

Synopsis

A young boy mourns the death of his father, and begins a quest to find his mother. He encounters many people on the way who quote Buddhist precepts: an eccentric monk, a girl who grows up into a young woman, a prison inmate, a foul-mouthed doctor and the young son of a hard drinking astronomer. Each of them tell the boy to seek someone to help him find the truth and his mother.

Awards: 1994: Berlin Film Festival: Alfred Bauer Prize

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Passage to Buddha

1993

Jang Sun-woo