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Dreams

7.2

Cinematized version of Lee Kwang-su's novel, which tells the story of the dream Josin had, a Buddhist monk at Naksan temple in the era of the Three Kingdoms. In his dream, Josin lives in anxiety and agonizes over a woman.…

Zen

7.2

'Zen' Buddhist teacher Dogen Zenji is a very important religious person during the Kamakura period, 750 years ago. After his mother died, he decides to move to China and settle as a Buddhist teacher. One bright morning,…

Aburakusasu no Matsuri

7.1

Based on the novel of the same name by Genyuu Soukyuu. A buddhist monk, unhappy with current state, decides to pursue his dream of becoming a rock star!

A Hometown in Heart

7.1

A child monk, Do Sung learns the teachings of the Buddha while he lives with the temple's head monk. Do Sung receives motherly love from a young widow, who frequently visits the temple. Childless Eun Hui begs the head…

Karma

7.1

Sun is a 19-year-old boy who is forced to ordain without his consent. His father believes being in monkhood will fix his reckless behaviours. However, Sun’s lack of faith doesn’t help. As a novice monk, he continues…

Action Dongja

7.0

A rare chance to experience a live-action children’s movie made in Korea. An elementary student name Jingu can no longer stay with his parents and comes to live in a temple of young monks, but he is shy and does not…

Fancy Dance

7.0

Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initially rebelling against the tough monastic discipline, he learns to adjust. Then his girlfriend shows up, enticing him to…

Will You Marry Monk?

Luang Phi Theng Come Back

When the temple near Theng’s hometown had problems, he has to leave his safe zone and go back to solve the problems. (Source: Bangkok Post)

Abiding Nowhere

The walker with the shaved head and dressed in a red robe is barefoot. He walks slowly but determinedly through the forest, over stones and grassland. He also makes his way through the shadows of trees and houses. He…

Way of Spirit

Iki Utsushi

Depicts the love between a man who is a puppeteer and a girl who is sick. Kamehachi, a Buddhist monk who makes a living by making life-like dolls, is asked by a local celebrity to make a doll of their daughter, Tsubaki,…

Samsara

Do Beop is an old monk who is respected by the religious body and has several successors. Hye Jin, the first in line, is the chief monk of the biggest temple in Seoul. He was abandoned by his parents when he was young…

Master Sheng Yen

In the 1940s, the time that the dignity of Chinese Buddhism fell into the nadir, a 14-year-old boy was ordained to be a Buddhist monk in Nantong, China. Since then, he has embarked on a journey of pursuing and spreading…

Nine Monks

For the first time in the history of Korean Buddhism, nine monks ceased hostility by staying in a tent throughout winter. Inside the cold tent, ninety days of meditation begins with seven strict rules. Crisis comes to…

Monk Detective

Sunshine that Can Move Mountains

Tenzin Banjue, a young Tibetan monk living in the temple, takes a long way back home to visit his brother who is in a vegetative state. Despite finding himself enamored by his brother’s fiancée, he refuses his mother’s…

The Trace of Summer

6.5

Summer came to the temple one day. Dong Hyun, who was staying at the temple with a monk, is bewildered by the sudden visit of summer. Dong Hyun, an introvert living in a temple far from the city, is unfamiliar with the…

The Temptation

7.0