Passage to Buddha

Passage to Buddha

1993 · 126 min · ★ 7.3 · Drama

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.

Directed by Jang Sun-woo · Written by Jang Sun-woo

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