Asoka
A young Prince Asoka works to perfect his skills in battle and also deals with family conflict. During a struggle with one of his step-brothers, his mother urges Asoka to escape to stay alive. While away, Asoka meets Kaurwaki and falls in love, but must use his skills as a warrior to protect her. A dangerous and heartbreaking web of conspiracy follows, which leads Asoka to embrace a Buddhist path.
Saint Young Men: The Movie
Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha, the founders of Christianity and Buddhism, are living together as roommates in a Tokyo apartment while taking a vacation on Earth. The comedy often involves jokes about Christianity, Buddhism, and all things related, as well as the main characters' attempts to hide their identities and understand modern society in Japan.
Zen
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).
You People
A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.
The Burmese Harp
In 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.
Seven Years in Tibet
Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Lhasa, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.
Syndromes and a Century
A story about director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s parents who were both doctors, and his memories of growing up in a hospital environment.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Suffering 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 deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave—the birthplace of his first life.
The Venerable W.
A view of the religious tensions between Muslims and Buddhist through the portrait of the Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, leader of anti-Muslim movement in Myanmar.
Kundun
The 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 and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.
Tai Chi Master
Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from their Shaolin Temple and go their separate ways. As adults, they join opposing sides in a civil war. When one betrays the other, they settle their differences mano-a-mano.
The Last Emperor
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
The Touch
A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors have protected throughout the ages.
Monkey King: Hero Is Back
The all-powerful Monkey King once roamed freely between Heaven and Earth, but after angering the Gods, he was imprisoned within an ice cage deep within the mountains. 500 years later, monsters attack a small village and a child flees to the mountains. Unknowingly, the child releases the Monkey King from his curse. With the help and encouragement from this special child, Monkey King saves the village from the evil monsters.
The Golden Child
After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."
A Touch of Zen
Gu Sheng-zhai, an artist in his early 30s, still lives with his mother, but he is suddenly shaken by the arrival of Yang Hui-zhen, a mysterious princess on the run. Yang brings Gu into her circle of protectors, including a nameless monk whose spiritual guidance transforms him into a valiant fighter.
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Santosh Sivan
Director
Shah Rukh Khan
as
Asoka
Rahul Dev
as
Bheema
Kareena Kapoor
as
Kaurwaki
Danny Denzongpa
as
Virat
Noriko Takao
Director
Nobunaga Shimazaki
as
Convenience Store Clerk
Motoko Kumai
as
Daisuke
Kimiko Saitô
as
Kouhei's Mother
Kumiko Nishihara
as
Ryouta's Mother
Banmei Takahashi
Director
Yuki Uchida
as
Orin
Takashi Sasano
as
Rôsô
Kengo Kôra
as
Shunryô
Tatsuya Fujiwara
as
Tokiyori Hôjô
Kenya Barris
Director
Eddie Murphy
as
Akbar
Rob Huebel
as
Producer
Kon Ichikawa
Director
Rentarô Mikuni
as
Captain Inouye
Kunitarô Sawamura
as
Old man
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Director
Ric Young
as
General Chang Jing Wu
Brad Pitt
as
Heinrich Harrer
BD Wong
as
Ngawang Jigme
David Thewlis
as
Peter Aufschnaiter
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Director
Martin Scorsese
Director
Ben Wang
as
General Chang Ching-Wu
Kim Chan
as
Second Chinese General
Ken Leung
as
(voice)
Jet Li
as
Junbao
Michelle Yeoh
as
Siu Lin
Bernardo Bertolucci
Director
Lisa Lu
as
Tzu Hsui
Joan Chen
as
Wan Jung
Richard Roxburgh
as
Karl
Gabriel Harrison
as
Sam
Winston Chao
as
Yin's Father
Nika Futterman
as
Lady Troll
Jackie Chan
as
Monkey King
James Hong
as
Old Monk
Shakti Chen
as
Kala
Charles Dance
as
Sardo Numspa
Frank Welker
as
The Thing
King Hu
Director
Roy Chiao
as
Hui Yuan
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