Drama, Documentary
Set in Anyang, South Korea, crew members for an upcoming documentary research the devastating fire that took occurred in a factory prior to the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. 22 female workers, who were locked in their dormitory, were killed in the fire. Along the way, the crew members also come across the past of Anyang, including the origin of the city's name ("Anyang" is a Buddhist term for "Paradise"), Buddhist temples, a search for a 500-year-old "grandma tree" and upcoming mayoral election.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Tai-Chi Master
The Scent of Green Papaya
TANNISHO
Miracles of Luang Pu Suk
Samsara
The Last Conception
Namaste Hello, Bye-Bye
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Allone
The Protector
Kundun
The Last Emperor
Zen
Words with Gods
Syndromes and a Century
For the Coyotes
Our Southern Home
Ku hai mueng ruay
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
Papilio Buddha
SIMILAR MOVIES
Tai-Chi Master
IMDB 7.2 | Nov , 1993
Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As adults, they join opposing sides in a civil war. When one betrays the other, they settle their differences mano-a-mano.The Scent of Green Papaya
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 1993
In 1951, a young Vietnamese girl arrives at a Saigon household as their new servant.TANNISHO
IMDB 1 | May , 2019
Yuien is a troubled young man. He meets the Buddhist monk Shinran, and listens to his teachings. Shinran takes him on as his disciple, and they travel together, with experiences both joyous and heartbreaking awaiting them on the road.Miracles of Luang Pu Suk
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 2013
About the merits of Luang Pu Suk, a Buddhist monk who lived from 1847-1923.Samsara
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 2002
A love story situated in the Himalayas. A Buddhist monk can't choose between life and the way of the Buddha.The Last Conception
IMDB 3.6 | Aug , 2020
The Sikand family learns they are part of an ancient bloodline and the only hope at continuing it is their gay daughter Savarna.Namaste Hello, Bye-Bye
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2013
A girl travels to India to discover dharma.Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
IMDB 7.8 | Sep , 2003
An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.Allone
IMDB 8 | Apr , 2020
In pre-Christian Ireland, a young, recently bereaved woman with no one left in the world, travels the land in search of a remedy that can bring her child back to life, only to find a cure not for the child's mortality, but for the grief she can no longer bear.The Protector
IMDB 7.1 | Aug , 2005
A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.Kundun
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1997
The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.The Last Emperor
IMDB 7.6 | Oct , 1987
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.Zen
IMDB 7 | Jan , 2009
In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was capable of realizing Buddhahood within himself, by way of Zazen. Zazen is extended hours of sitting and meditating to achieve a state of “Mu” (nothingness, or empty existence).Words with Gods
IMDB 5.7 | Nov , 2014
The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words with Gods follows the theme of religion - specifically as it relates to an individual's relationship with his/her god or gods...or the lack thereof. In Words with Gods, each director recounts a narrative centered around human fragility, as well as environmental and cultural crises involving specific religions with which each has a personal relationship; including early Aboriginal Spirituality, Umbanda, Buddhism, the Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, and Atheism. An animated sequence by Mexican animator Maribel Martinez is woven through each of the film segments, with each segment narratively connected as a feature-length film.Syndromes and a Century
IMDB 6.8 | Aug , 2006
A story about director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s parents who were both doctors, and his memories of growing up in a hospital environment.For the Coyotes
IMDB 8 | Jan , 2015
Wendell is trying to make peace with his earthly deterioration in the face of late-stage cancer. His son Josh is fighting it, fleeing it, denying it. After a five year estrangement, father and son are now thrown together in a remote cabin enveloped in the vibrant, buzzing, crawling redwood forest of Northern California. As Wendell forgives himself of his own inadequacies, Josh releases years of pain and anger, borne from living under the rigid principles of his father, a renowned Buddhist teacher who for decades pretended to be anything but the deeply flawed, selfish man he really was....but is he still? Human connection, obligation, illusion, enlightenment, love and fear -- it's all up for grabs in this meditative, probing, tender story of inevitability.Our Southern Home
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2008
A documentary film tells the true story of the locals in southern of Thailand through the life of 4 families that live in different provinces, but hand and share their kindness to one another. The reality of their life is arranged into the story disclosing beautiful sides of the southern of Thailand and changing the point of view about the violence that's been happened in the area.Ku hai mueng ruay
IMDB 0 | Dec , 2014
Story of the merits of the revered abbot Luang Pho Khoon.Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
IMDB 7 | Mar , 1998
The main characters of the film are two small boys who share the throne of Karmapa, the highest office of one of Tibetan Buddhism's main sects and the third in line after the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. As with the Dalai Lama, Karmapa is the same soul which reincarnates in each successor to the office, who is identified by omens, portents and other signs. The Karmapa line actually pre-dates the Dalai Lama's, and their respective importance has alternated in the course of history with either the Karmapa or Dalai Lama holding precedence. Only one of the current Karmapas lives in Tibet, who is recognized by the Dalai Lama but controlled by the Chinese government for political ends. The second Karmapa lives in New Delhi, India and was selected by a Tibetan group in exile. The film was shot in India, Nepal and Tibet and features the Dalai Lama as narrator, providing an incisive spiritual and political view of occupied Tibet.Papilio Buddha
IMDB 6.6 | Mar , 2013
A band of displaced untouchables in Western Ghats of India embrace Buddhism in order to escape from caste oppression.