Hwa-Om-Kyung
1993 South Korean film
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Poster for Hwa-Om-Kyung (1993) | |
Hangul | 화엄경 |
Hanja | 華嚴經 |
Revised Romanization | Hwaeomgyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Hwaŏmgyŏng |
Directed by | Jang Sun-woo[1] |
Written by | Jang Sun-woo |
Produced by | Lee Tae-won |
Starring | Oh Tae-kyung Won Mi-kyung |
Cinematography | You Young-gil |
Edited by | Kim Hyeon |
Music by | Yi Zong-gu |
Distributed by | Tae Heung Films Co., Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | $564[2] |
Hwa-Om-Kyung (also known as Passage to Buddha) is a 1993 South Korean film written and directed by Jang Sun-woo. It is an adaptation of the famous Mahayana sutra, Avatamsaka Sutra.
Plot
The film presents a Buddhist-themed story of a boy searching for his mother who abandoned him as a baby, and the characters he meets on his journey.[1]
Cast
- Oh Tae-kyung as Seon-jae[1]
- Won Mi-kyung as Lady of lotus
- Lee Ho-jae as Beob-un
- Lee Hye-young as Ma-ni
- Kim Hye-sun as I-ryeon
- Lee Dae-ro as Lighthouse keeper
- Dokgo Young-jae as Hae-un
- Shin Hyun-joon as Ji-ho
- Jeong Soo-young as I-na
- Um Chun-bae as Deok-ku
Awards
Wins
- 44th Berlin International Film Festival (1994), Alfred Bauer Prize[3]
Nominations
- Berlin International Film Festival (1994), Golden Berlin Bear
References
Bibliography
- Paquet, Darcy. "Green Fish". koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- Aliberti, Davide. "Passage to Buddha". L'Orientale. Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale".
External links
- Hwa-Om-Kyung at IMDb
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Films directed by Jang Sun-woo
- Seoul Jesus (1986)
- The Age of Success (1988)
- The Lovers of Woomook-baemi (1990)
- Hwa-Om-Kyung (1993)
- To You from Me (1994)
- A Petal (1996)
- Bad Movie (1997)
- Lies (1999)
- Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2002)
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