| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (145 minutes) : .flv file, sound |
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The first ever feature-length film from South Korea to gain theatrical distribution in the USA, WHY HAS BODHI-DHARMA LEFT FOR THE EAST? has received acclaim from critics and audiences around the world for decades. A film of remarkable power and beauty, the story follows a trio of monks in a remote mountain monastery as they grapple with the mystery of enlightenment. The oldest among them, a storied Zen master, wishes to make the ceremony of his upcoming death into a lesson for his conflicted apprentice, while the youngest among them attempts to nurse a bird he hit with a stone back to full health. The title of the film is a Zen koan, or a paradox meant to aid meditation, that provokes the question of the distinction between leaving and arriving. Magnificent, quietly powerful and astonishingly rich in formal beauty, this film is not only a cinematic gem, but an evocative meditation on the cyclical nature of existence |
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Title from title frames |
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| Performer |
Yong-Kyun Bae |
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Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 1989 |
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In English |
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Foreign films.
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Drama.
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Motion pictures.
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Drama
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plays (performing arts compositions)
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Drama.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Huang, Hae-Jin, film director
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Won-Sop, Sin, film director
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Pan-Yong, Yi, film director
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Bae, Yong-kyun, actor
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Kino Lorber (Firm)
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Kanopy (Firm)
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