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Passage to Buddha

Passage to Buddha

1993•2h 6m•7.1/10
Drama

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7.1/10(9)

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.

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Production

Taehung Pictures

Language

KO

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Oh Tae-kyung

Oh Tae-kyung

Seon-jae

Lee Hye-young

Lee Hye-young

Ma-ni

Won Mi-kyung

Won Mi-kyung

Lady of lotus

Shin Hyun-jun

Shin Hyun-jun

Ji-ho

Kim Hye-sun

Kim Hye-sun

I-ryeon

Jeong Su-yeong

I-na

Lee Ho-jae

Lee Ho-jae

Beop-un

Lee Dae-ro

Lee Dae-ro

Lighthouse Keeper

Dokgo Young-jae

Dokgo Young-jae

Hae-un

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