Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
1989, Korean. Directed by Bae Yong-kyun.
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.
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Korean
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- Released
- 29 September 1989
- Original title
- 달마가 동쪽으로 간 까닭은?
- Country
- South Korea
- Written by
- Bae Yong-kyun
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Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? runs 145 minutes (2h 25m).
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Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989) was directed by Bae Yong-kyun and stars Lee Pan-yong, Sin Won-sop, Hwang Hae-jin.