Passage to Buddha

APPROPIATE

1993 / 136min.

Rating7.1

Genres

Drama

Synopsis

A young boy mourns the death of his father, and begins a quest to find his mother. He encounters many people on the way who quote Buddhist precepts: an eccentric monk, a girl who grows up into a young woman, a prison inmate, a foul-mouthed doctor and the young son of a hard drinking astronomer. Each of them tell the boy to seek someone to help him find the truth and his mother.

Directors

Actors

Shin Hyun-joon

Lee Hye-young

Oh Tae-kyung

Lee Ho-jae

Kim Hye-sun

Dokgo Young-jae

Won Mi-kyung

Lee Dae-ro

Jeong Su-yeong

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