Buddhist Temple Movies

  • 1951
    The Steel Helmet

    The Steel Helmet

    The Steel Helmet

    71951HD

    A ragtag group of American stragglers battles against superior Communist troops in an abandoned Buddhist temple during the Korean War.

    The Steel Helmet
  • 1989
    Fancy Dance

    Fancy Dance

    Fancy Dance

    6.81989HD

    Yohei, a punk rocker, becomes a Buddhist monk in order to inherit a mountain temple. Though initially rebelling against the tough monastic...

    Fancy Dance
  • 1989
    Come Come Come Upward

    Come Come Come Upward

    Come Come Come Upward

    6.91989HD

    In 1980s South Korea, two young nuns-in-training at the same monastery embark on very different journeys towards enlightenment.

    Come Come Come Upward
  • 1958
    Conflagration

    Conflagration

    Conflagration

    7.11958HD

    Learning of his family's collapse, acolyte Goichi, sent to study silently at the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, must endure acute psychological...

    Conflagration
  • 1957
    The Shadowless Pagoda

    The Shadowless Pagoda

    The Shadowless Pagoda

    51957HD

    On the eighth of April of King Gyoeng-deok's 10th year of the reign of the Unified Silla Period, Guseulagi, a daughter of Yu Jong, joins the king's...

    The Shadowless Pagoda
  • 2013
    The Burning Buddha Man

    The Burning Buddha Man

    The Burning Buddha Man

    3.22013HD

    There is a series of Buddha statue thefts in Kyoto. Beniko, a high school girl, gets the Buddha statue at her family's temple stolen and has her...

    The Burning Buddha Man
  • 2012
    An Artisan's Legacy: Tsunekazu Nishioka

    An Artisan's Legacy: Tsunekazu Nishioka

    An Artisan's Legacy: Tsunekazu Nishioka

    62012HD

    In-depth look at the twilight years, spent training apprentices, of temple builder Nishioka Tsunekazu, who was called the "devil" as he devoted his...

    An Artisan's Legacy: Tsunekazu Nishioka
  • 2008
    Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut

    Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut

    Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut

    102008HD

    Buddhist monks open up about the joys and challenges of living out the precepts of the Buddha as a full-time vocation. Controversies swirling within...

    Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut
  • 2024
    Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard

    Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard

    Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard

    82024HD

    Buddhist monk and photographer Matthieu Picard as he returns to the Asian country in the Himalayas where he spent a decade after seven years away,...

    Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard
  • 1979
    From one gompa to another

    From one gompa to another

    From one gompa to another

    71979HD

    From one gompa to another
  • 2014
    Tempelriddaren

    Tempelriddaren

    Tempelriddaren

    82014HD

    Tempelriddaren
  • 2013
    Miracles of Luang Pu Suk

    Miracles of Luang Pu Suk

    Miracles of Luang Pu Suk

    6.52013HD

    About the merits of Luang Pu Suk, a Buddhist monk who lived from 1847-1923.

    Miracles of Luang Pu Suk