Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989)
달마가 동쪽으로 간 까닭은?
About three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment.
- Date of release
- 1989-09-29
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (39)
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Bae Yong-kyun
Casting
- Lee Pan-yong — Hye-gok
- Sin Won-sop — Ki-bong
- Hwang Hae-jin — Hae-jin
- Go Su-myeong — Abbot
- Yun Byeong-hui — Ki-bong's Mother
- Choi Myeong-deok — Ki-bong's Younger Sister
- Kim Hui-ryong — The Other Disciple
- Lee Eun-Young — Hae-jin's Mother
- Lee Seon-hye — Dancing Girl
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Golden Leopard
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? is a 1989 South Korean film written, produced and directed by Bae Yong-kyun, a professor at Dongguk University in Seoul. Known principally as a painter, Bae spent seven years making this film with one camera and editing it by hand. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. It was the first South Korean film to receive a theater release in the United States. The US distributor Milestone Films premiered the film in New York City on September 24, 1993 and then expanded to more than 30 cities.
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