Hwa-Om-Kyung
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| Hwa-Om-Kyung | |
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 Poster for Hwa-Om-Kyung (1993) | |
| Hangul | 화엄경 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hwaeomgyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | 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] |
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 famous Mahayana sutra, Avatamsaka Sutra.
Plot
[edit]The film presents a Buddhist-themed story of a boy searching for his mother who abandoned him as a baby, and the characters he meets on his journey.[1]
Cast
[edit]- 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
[edit]Wins
[edit]Nominations
[edit]- Berlin International Film Festival (1994), Golden Berlin Bear
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "The Avatamska Sutra (Hwa-eomgyeong) (1993)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ "The Avatamska Sutra (1993)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- ^ "Berlinale: 1994 Prize Winners". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
Bibliography
[edit]- Paquet, Darcy. "Green Fish". koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
- Aliberti, Davide. "Passage to Buddha". L'Orientale. Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale".
External links
[edit]- Hwa-Om-Kyung at IMDb
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