Zen (2009)

Original name: 禅

Release date: January 10, 2009

Movie

Average time: 127 minutes

Genres: Drama, History

Synopsis: In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was capable of realizing Buddhahood within himself, by way of Zazen. Zazen is extended hours of sitting and meditating to achieve a state of “Mu” (nothingness, or empty existence).