Drama ·History · Japan · 2009 · 2h 7m

Zen

禅

Director

Cast

Kantarô Nakamura as Dogen Yuki Uchida as Orin Ryushin Tei as Ji-uen / Kugyo Minamoto Kengo Kora as Tatsuya Fujiwara as Jun Murakami as

Crew

Noriyuki Mizuguchi — Director of Photography Jun'ichi Kikuchi — Editor Ryudo Uzaki — Original Music Composer Banmei Takahashi — Screenplay Tetsuo Ohtani — Novel Tomoyuki Maruo — Production Design

Synopsis

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).

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