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 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

Wins

 * 44th Berlin International Film Festival (1994), Alfred Bauer Prize

Nominations

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