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Zen
Zen
drama, biography
2009
Japan
Banmey Takahashi
127 min.
Kankuro Nakamura, Yuki Utida, Ryusin Taei, Kengo Koru, Kanitiro Yasyui, Jun Murakami, Masanobu Katsumura, Tatsuya Fujivara, Zheng Tienyun, Masahiko Nisimura
Rate everything, giving yourself into the hands of nature and just sit in meditation. This is the essence of Zen-Buddism of Dogen. In the 13th century, Dogen, a young Japanese novice, went to China in search of a teacher of truth. There he met a monk who taught him that only Zen meditation was a true path to enlightenment. Returning enlightened to Japan, he risks his life in order to introduce Zen Buddhism, inspiring millions of followers who still practice his teachings all over the world ...