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Hwa-Om-Kyung
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
|name = Hwa-Om-Kyung
|image = Hwa-Om-Kyong.jpg
|caption = Poster for 'Hwa-Om-Kyung' (1993)
|native_name =
|director = Jang Sun-woo
|producer = Lee Tae-won
|writer = Jang Sun-woo
|starring = Oh Tae-kyung
Won Mi-kyung
|music = Yi Zong-gu
|cinematography = You Young-gil
|editing = Kim Hyeon
|distributor = Tae Heung Films Co., Ltd.
|released =
|runtime = 110 minutes
|country = South Korea
|language = Korean
|budget =
|gross = $564
}}
'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
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.
Cast
*Oh Tae-kyung as Seon-jae
*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
Wins
*44th Berlin International Film Festival (1994), Alfred Bauer PrizeNominations
*Berlin International Film Festival (1994), Golden Berlin BearReferences
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