Running on Karma

Watch one of the following Buddhist-inspired films and write about how it uses Buddhist themes to convey its message.

1) Hi, Dharma!Links to an external site. (South Korea, 2002)

This is an action comedy in which a group of Korean gangsters attempt to occupy a Korean monastery in the mountains in order to avoid capture by the police and attacks from a rival gang.

2) Running on KarmaLinks to an external site. (Hong Kong, 2003)

This somewhat disturbing action movie follows the adventures of a martial-artist/monk who can see the karmic background of the people around him.

3) Spring Summer Fall Winter . . . and SpringLinks to an external site. (Korea, 2003)

A highly sophisticated poetic allegory of the sufferings of human beings in the realm of samsara.

4) The Burmese HarpLinks to an external site. (Japan, 1956)

Based on a popular Japanese novel from the 1950s, this film explores a Japanese soldier’s response to Burmese Buddhist culture at the end of the Second World War.

5) The CupLinks to an external site. (Bhutan, 1999)

A gentle comedy directed by a Tibetan monk, the film follows a group of soccer-mad boy monks at an Indian monastery for Tibetan exiles trying to find a way to watch the World Cup final.

6) Zen NoirLinks to an external site. (United States, 2004)

A low-budget American indie. It’s got its problems, but it does try to show the way that Zen practice can help one deal with suffering and trauma.

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