Zen
Jan 10, 2009 | IMDB 7.1
127 min Watch NowDrama, History
In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was capable of realizing Buddhahood within himself, by way of Zazen. Zazen is extended hours of sitting and meditating to achieve a state of “Mu” (nothingness, or empty existence).
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Memories of Matsuko
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Asako I & II
Nana
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Syndromes and a Century
Enlightenment Guaranteed
River's Edge
The Torture Club
Little Forest: Summer/Autumn
Hana Yori Dango: Final
Ring Wandering
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Tokyo Sonata
The Protector
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IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 1954
Struggling to elevate himself from his low caste in 17th century Japan, Miyamoto trains to become a mighty samurai warrior.Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
IMDB 7.2 | Jul , 1955
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers.47 Ronin
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 1994
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IMDB 7.8 | May , 2006
While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy.Love Exposure
IMDB 7.9 | Jan , 2009
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.Asako I & II
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 2018
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IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 2005
Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to make it big in the music business. Despite their differences, the pair hit it off and become roommates.Hana & Alice
IMDB 7 | Mar , 2004
Two teenage best pals attracted to the same boy end up scrambling his life after he walks into a door and is knocked unconscious.Lady Maiko
IMDB 7.2 | Sep , 2014
Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko's strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.Syndromes and a Century
IMDB 6.8 | Aug , 2006
A story about director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s parents who were both doctors, and his memories of growing up in a hospital environment.Enlightenment Guaranteed
IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 2000
Two middle aged German brothers - one New Age and recently divorced, the other uptight and sceptical - travel to a Zen monastery in Japan in search of enlightenment, or perhaps just in search of themselves.River's Edge
IMDB 5.9 | Feb , 2018
High schooler Haruna befriends loner Yamada, then is drawn into the tangled relationship between him, a model and the girl who loves him unreasonably.The Torture Club
IMDB 5.2 | Jul , 2014
The "Torture Club" is an official after-school activity at the private school Saint Honesty Gakuen. Yuzuki has no idea about the club when she enrolls, and gets abducted by the club members and hauled off the club-room. There, she finds out that upper-class student Aoi, her secret idol, is in the club, and decides to join, but…Little Forest: Summer/Autumn
IMDB 7.7 | Aug , 2014
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IMDB 7.9 | Jun , 2008
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IMDB 9.2 | Feb , 2022
In central Tokyo, a young man, Sosuke, aspires to be a manga artist. His current work is about a battle between a hunter and a Japanese wolf. He can’t draw the extinct wolf well and struggles to develop the story. One winter’s day, Sosuke finds an animal’s skull while digging foundations at a construction site and takes it home. Is it a Japanese wolf’s skull?Samsara
IMDB 7.5 | Oct , 2002
A love story situated in the Himalayas. A Buddhist monk can't choose between life and the way of the Buddha.Tokyo Sonata
IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 2008
A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his father loses his job.The Protector
IMDB 7.1 | Aug , 2005
A young fighter named Kham must go to Australia to retrieve his stolen elephant. With the help of a Thai-born Australian detective, Kham must take on all comers, including a gang led by an evil woman and her two deadly bodyguards.Shadows of the Peacock
IMDB 2.7 | Jun , 1988
The love story between an Australian woman and a Balinese dancer.