Zen (2009)

Profile

Movie: Zen
Japanese: 禅

Director: Banmei Takahashi
Writer: Tetsuo Ohtani (novel), Banmei Takahashi
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Release Date: January 10, 2009
Runtime: 127 min.
Studio: Kadokawa Pictures
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

To cast away everything, surrendering yourself to the flow of nature and just sitting in meditation. This is the essence of Dogen’s Zen Buddhism. In the 13th century, Dogen, a young Japanese monk traveled to China, determined to find his true master. There he found a monk who taught him that sitting in Zen meditation is the true and only path to enlightenment. Returning, enlightened, to Japan, Dogen risked his life to pioneer Zen Buddhism, inspiring the millions of Zen Buddhists who practice around the world today.