Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left For The East?

– Three people live in a remote Buddhist monastery near Mount Chonan: Hyegok, the old master; Yong Nan..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.70 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 17 Minutes
Release Year:
1989
Original Name:
달마가 동쪽으로 간 까닭은
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989) - Also known as 달마가 동쪽으로 간 까닭은

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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Filming Locations:
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Release Date:

23 Sep 1989

Language:

Korean

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Yong-Kyun Bae

Writer:

Yong-Kyun Bae

Main Actors:

Yi Pan-Yong, Sin Won-Sop, Hae-Jin Huang, Su-Myong Ko

Plot:

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.

Awards:

2 wins.

Production:

Bae Yong-Kyun Productions

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%