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Narrative Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989):

Three people live in a remote Buddhist monastery near Mount Chonan: Hyegok, the old master; Yong Nan, a young man who has left his extended family in the city to seek enlightenment - Hyegok calls him Kibong!; and, an orphan lad Haejin, whom Hyegok has brought to the monastery to raise as a monk. The story is mostly Yong Nan's, told in flashbacks: how he came to the monastery, his brief return to the city, his vacillation between the turbulence of the world and his hope to overcome passions and escape the idea of self. We also see Hyegok as a teacher, a protector, and a father figure, and we watch Haejin make his way as a curious and nearly self-sufficient child.

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Title: Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

• Released: 1989-09-29
• Genre: Drama
• Date: 1989-09-29
• Runtime: 144 Minutes
• Company: Bae Yong-kyun Productions
• Language: 한국어/조선말
• Budget: -
• Revenue: -
• Plot Keyword : Drama
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• Director: Bae Yong-kyun, Bae Yong-kyun, Bae Yong-kyun, Bae Yong-kyun, Bae Yong-kyun, Bae Yong-kyun, Bae Yong-kyun, Jin Gyu-yeong, Yang Dae-ho, Kang Dae-sung

Casts of Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?:

Lee Pan-yong, Sin Won-sop, Hwang Hae-jin, Go Su-myeong, Yun Byeong-hui, Choi Myeong-deok, Kim Hui-ryong, Lee Eun-Young, Lee Seon-hye