The Vault
Hannah: Buddhism's Untold Journey
2014 ★ 7.4'Hannah' tells the story of Buddhist pioneer Hannah Nydahl and her life bringing Tibetan Buddhism to the West. From her idealistic roots in 1960's Copenhagen to
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella
1995 ★ 7.7This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joke
Le Sourire
1960 ★ 7.0In the year that Cannes Film Festival handed out awards to Federico Fellini for La Dolce Vita, L'Avventura by Michelangelo Antonioni, and Kagi by Kon Ichikawa -
Monkey
1978 ★ 8.1Buddhist priest Tripitaka and his three disciples Monkey, Pigsy, and Sandy, travel from China to India to fetch the Buddhist scriptures. They have been sent by
Shinran: Path to Purity
1987 ★ 5.8In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex and very de
Peculiarities of the National Hunt
1995 ★ 6.8A Finn preparing a work on the Russian hunting traditions and customs, comes to Russia to collect materials and is invited to take part in a hunting party. His
Kundun
1997 ★ 6.8The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded
Tukdam – Between Worlds
2022 ★ 8.0Most of us think of death as something clear-cut, and that medical science has it neatly figured out. This feature documentary explodes such assumptions through
The Guardian Angel
2018 ★ 5.2Copenhagen, Denmark, 1951. Criminal investigator Anders Olsen follows the case of a bank robber who eyewitnesses say appears to have been acting under some kind
Xuan Zang
2016 ★ 6.8Chinese-Indian historical adventure of Xuan Zang's seventeen-year overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the seventh century. Role: Meticulous tel
Master of Zen
1994 ★ 8.0Set in the first century in India, a prince is troubled by visions and a desire to master the ways of Buddha. After his father dies, he forsakes the throne to b
Night on the Galactic Railroad
1985 ★ 7.1Giovanni currently lives a dreary life of near non-stop work. At school, his peers ridicule him incessantly, and his employer at work is distant and cold. As hi
Hanuman and the Seven Ultramen
1974 ★ 5.0After a valiant Thai boy is brutally murdered by a gang of archeological looters, his soul is joined with the Hindu god Hanuman, who teams up with Ultraman and
The Insect Woman
1963 ★ 7.2A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with
The Burmese Harp
1956 ★ 7.8In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW. Drama
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
2010 ★ 6.6Suffering from acute kidney failure, Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his
The Inferno
1979 ★ 6.9Hell manifests itself through the sins, shame and desires of an upper class rural family and a mother's grief from beyond the grave. The Inferno is a 1979 horro
Story of a Prostitute
1965 ★ 6.6Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenan
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
1968 ★ 6.7The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his young son
Wicked Priest
1968 ★ 6.2Shinkai, a Buddhist monk with a penchant for drinking and gambling, sets sinners straight with judo throws rather than sermons. After fighting off a gang of str
This Transient Life
1970 ★ 7.4Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to
Wisdom of Happiness
2024 ★ 7.3A deeply intimate and highly cinematic documentary featuring the Dalai Lama, who, at nearly ninety year of age, offers practical advice for navigating the 21st
A Dog Barking at the Moon
2019 ★ 5.8Coming back to her broken family, pregnant writer Huang Xiaoyu and her French husband, Benjamin, finds herself trapped between her cult brainwashed mother, Li J
Box of Goblins
2008 ★ 6.3Between August and October, 1952, a series of unusual crimes takes place in Musashino and Mitaka: the attempted murder of 14-year-old Kanako Yuzuki, Kanako's ab