Passage to Buddha
- Original title
- Hwaomkyung (Passage to Buddha)
- Year
- 1993
- Running time
- 136 min.
- Country
- South Korea
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Jang Sun-woo. Novel: Un Ko
- Cast
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- Won Mi-kyeong
- Oh Tae-kyung
- Kim Hye-sun
- Lee Ho-jae
- Kim Eun-Mi
- Hae-young Lee
- Shin Hyun-joon
- Dokgo Young-jae
- Su-yeong Jang
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Adventure | Family Relationships. Religion
- 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.
- Awards
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1994: Berlin Film Festival: Alfred Bauer Prize
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