Zen - Depicts a Life of Soto Zen Founder Dogen

DVD release of the film "Zen (English Sub.)" on June 26, 2009! The film tells the story about a Zen Buddhist teacher Dogen Zenji who was a leading religious figure 750 years ago, during the Kamakura period. Stars a Kabuki actor Kantaro Nakamura.

Plot: After losing his mother, Dogen decides to perform the ascetic training in China to become a Buddhist teacher. One summer morning, enlightened Dogen returns to Japan and devotes himself as an evangelist of the new Buddhism. But the new form was unacceptable and a community begins taking steps to suppress. . .

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