Hwa-Om-Kyung
1993 South Korean film
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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 Avatamsaka Sutra of Mahayana Buddhism.
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 Poster for Hwa-Om-Kyung (1993) | |
| Hangul | 화엄경 |
| Hanja | 華嚴經 |
| RR | Hwaeomgyeong |
| MR | 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] |
The movie in 1994 won the now-defunct Alfred Bauer Prize from the Berlin International Film Festival, an honor for a work that "opens new perspectives on cinematic art.[3]
Plot
This Buddhist-themed story is about a boy searching for his mother, who abandoned him as a baby, and the people 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
Nominations
- Berlin International Film Festival (1994), Golden Berlin Bear[citation needed]
