Japan,
2009, 127 min
Directed by:
Banmei TakahashiScreenplay:
Banmei TakahashiPlots(1)
The film tells the story of a Zen Buddhist teacher Dogen Zenji who was a leading religious figure 750 years ago, during the Kamakura period. After losing his mother, he decides to perform the ascetic training in China to become a Buddhist teacher. One summer morning, enlightened Dogen returns to Japan and devotes himself as an evangelist of the new Buddhism. But the new form was unacceptable and a community begins taking steps to suppress. . . (official distributor synopsis)
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User | Format | Languages | Added | Note |
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badygorila | DVD | 02/12/2010 |