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1 online resource (streaming video file) (145 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Yong-Kyun Bae |
| Event |
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 1989. |
| Summary |
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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
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Foreign films.
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Drama.
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Motion pictures.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added 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), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
12557333 Kanopy |
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