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| Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? | |
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| Hangul | 달마가 동쪽으로 간 까닭은? |
| Hanja | 達磨가 東쪽으로 간 까닭은? |
| Revised Romanization | Dalmaga dongjjokeuro gan ggadalkeun? |
| McCune–Reischauer | Talmaka tongtchokŭro kan kkadalgŭn? |
| Directed by | Bae Yong-kyun[1] |
| Written by | Bae Yong-kyun |
| Produced by | Bae Yong-kyun Productions |
| Starring | Lee Pan-yong Sin Won-sop |
| Cinematography | Bae Yong-kyun |
| Edited by | Bae Yong-kyun |
| Music by | Jin Gyu-yeong |
| Distributed by | Bae Yong-kyun Productions |
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Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (Korean: 달마가 동쪽으로 간 까닭은?, romanized: Dalmaga dongjjok-euro gan ggadakeun?) is a 1989 South Korean film written, produced and directed by Bae Yong-kyun, a professor at Dongguk University in Seoul. Known principally as a painter,[2] Bae spent seven years making this film with one camera and editing it by hand.[3] The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[4] It was the first South Korean film to receive a theater release in the United States. The US distributor Milestone Films premiered the film in New York City on September 24, 1993 and then expanded to more than 30 cities.[5]
- ^ Infobox data from Dharmaga tongjoguro kan kkadalgun (1989) at IMDb; Hartzell, Adam. "Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?". koreanfilm.org. Retrieved December 26, 2007. and "What is the Reason Why Bodhidharma Went to the Eas...(1989)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
- ^ Brennan, Sandra. "Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?". Allmovie. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
- ^ Hartzell, Adam. "Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?". koreanfilm.org. Retrieved December 26, 2007.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
- ^ @MilestoneFilms (January 7, 2020). "@HellOnFriscoBay @FilmEssaying @LTStLouis Milestone did release Why Has Bodhi-dharma theatrically, premiering 9/24-…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.