'Zen' Buddhist teacher Dogen Zenji is a very important religious person during the Kamakura period, 750 years ago. After his mother died, he decides to move to China and settle as a Buddhist teacher. One bright morning, enlightened, Zenji returns to Japan as a devoted evangelist of the 'new' Buddhism. However, this new form of Buddhism is not accepted in all communities.
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禅 was released on 10 januari 2009.
禅 was directed by Banmei Takahashi.
禅 has a runtime of 2h 7m.
禅 was produced by Tetsuo Ohtani.
'Zen' Buddhist teacher Dogen Zenji is a very important religious person during the Kamakura period, 750 years ago. After his mother died, he decides to move to China and settle as a Buddhist teacher. One bright morning, enlightened, Zenji returns to Japan as a devoted evangelist of the 'new' Buddhism. However, this new form of Buddhism is not accepted in all communities.
The key characters in 禅 are Dogen (Kantarô Nakamura), Orin (Yuki Uchida), Ji-uen / Kugyo Minamoto (Ryushin Tei).
禅 is a Drama, Historisk, Biography film.
禅 has an audience rating of 8.6 out of 10.
禅 has made 2,9 mn US$ at the box office.