Hwa-Om-Kyung

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 Avatamsaka Sutra of Mahayana Buddhism.

Hwa-Om-Kyung
Poster for Hwa-Om-Kyung (1993)
Hangul	화엄경
Hanja	華嚴經
RR	Hwaeomgyeong
MR	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	June 26, 1993 (1993-06-26)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	$564[2]

The movie in 1994 won the now-defunct Alfred Bauer Prize from the Berlin International Film Festival, an honor for a work that "opens new perspectives on cinematic art.^[3]

Plot

This Buddhist-themed story is about a boy searching for his mother, who abandoned him as a baby, and the people he meets on his journey.^[1]

Cast

• 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

Wins

• 44th Berlin International Film Festival (1994), Alfred Bauer Prize^[4]

Nominations

• Berlin International Film Festival (1994), Golden Berlin Bear