poster movie

A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki

The man who introduced Zen Buddhism to the West

7.7 average rating
7.7
English / 77 MIN. / 2006

The Genres

The Synopsis

Using rare archival footage and interviews with noted artists, philosophers, and scholars such as Huston Smith, this film examines the life and teachings of D.T. Suzuki, the celebrated Japanese religious philosopher who first brought Zen Buddhism to the West. This film explores Suzuki's travels in America, his teachings on satori (enlightenment) and other Buddhist concepts, his influence on Western art and psychology, and more.

The Cast

D.T. SuzukiGary SnyderHuston SmithMihoko OkamuraAlbert StunkardRobert AitkenDonald RichieElsie MitchellWilliam Theodore de BaryShojun Bando

Recommended

Movies

poster movie

Naqoyqatsi

6.1 average rating
poster movie

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

6.7 average rating
poster movie

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

7.119 average rating
poster movie

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

6.9 average rating
poster movie

A Plastic Ocean

7.599 average rating
poster movie

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

6.5 average rating
poster movie

American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince

6.6 average rating
poster movie

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror

6.875 average rating
poster movie

Powaqqatsi

7.3 average rating
poster movie

Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country

7.2 average rating
poster movie

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

6.4 average rating
poster movie

Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience

6.9 average rating
poster movie

Justin Bieber's Believe

6.995 average rating
poster movie

Being James Bond

7.8 average rating
poster movie

Above Majestic

7.4 average rating
poster movie

Heart of a Dog

6.5 average rating
poster movie

One Direction: This Is Us

8.224 average rating
poster movie

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

6.766 average rating
poster movie

I Am Heath Ledger

7.386 average rating
poster movie

Maria by Callas

7.3 average rating