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).

Maharaja Gemunu is based on the odyssey of King Gemunu (ruler of Sri Lanka 161–137 BC) who is renown...

Sri Siddhartha Gautama is a Sinhala movie released on 24 January, 2013. The movie is directed by Sam...

Having launched a social media prank about a haunted building, three girls suddenly vanish. Rumours ...

During the 13th century, a small village fights for freedom in the frontier landscape of the Carpath...

In the aftermath of a major earthquake, scientists predict that Japan will sink into the sea. As fur...

Ichi is a blind entertainer that travels the countryside with her traditional Japanese guitar and wa...

A young Vietnamese peasant girl named Mùi becomes the servant of a house in pre-unification Saigon.

The ever versatile Kazuki Kitamura stars as masterless samurai Kyutaro Madarame, a feared swordsman ...

Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with h...

Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's fami...

An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during the ...

After suffering through a long and unsuccessful series of fertility treatments, Satoko and her husba...

In order to turn their lives around, three taxi drivers living at the bottom rung of society hatch a...

Fearless Edo-period police inspector Hanzo Itami, nicknamed The Razor, has developed his own unique ...

Kaiji (played by Tatsuya Fujiwara) is about to have his life changed. The thrill is beyond anything ...

On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office....

Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yūichi Hasumi and Shūsuke Hoshino, exploring the shift...

The adventures of a blind, gambling masseur and master swordsman. Zatoichi targets a yakuza-controll...

Returning to the village where a year before he had killed Hirate, a much-admired opponent, Zatoichi...

Wishing to find peace, Zatoichi travels to his old village but only finds trouble when he ends up in...