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- Movie: Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
- Revised romanization: Dharmaga tongjoguro kan kkadalgun
- Hangul:
- Director: Yong-Kyun Bae
- Writer: Yong-Kyun Bae
- Producer:
- Cinematographer:
- Release Date: September 23, 1989
- Runtime: 137 min.
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
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.
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