Passage to Buddha
1993, Korean. Directed by Jang Sun-woo.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Korean
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- Released
- 26 June 1993
- Original title
- 화엄경
- Country
- South Korea
- Written by
- Jang Sun-woo
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Passage to Buddha runs 126 minutes (2h 6m).
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Who directed Passage to Buddha?
Passage to Buddha (1993) was directed by Jang Sun-woo and stars Oh Tae-kyung, Lee Hye-young, Won Mi-kyung.