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Master Sheng Yen

Feature Film

Year: 2020
Production Company:   
Director: CHANG Chao-wei   
Scriptwriter: CHANG Chao-wei   
Producer: Ru-Uing SHEN  
Others : HSU Hsiao-Ming  Ching-Song LIAO  邱安忱  Ying-Shun WANG  Hsiao-Chin CHEN  Lin Chun-Yang  Frank Cheng  Ma Yu-Ting  LAI Yung-Kun  Ji-Wei PEI  CHANG Chao-wei   Kevin HUNG  陳秉琦  Baby Chung  
Synopsis :

In the 1940s, the time that the fate of the Chinese people and the dignity of Chinese Buddhism fell into the nadir, a 14-year-old boy was ordained to be a Buddhist monk in Nantong, Jiangsu Province,China. Since then he had embarked on the journey of pursuing and spreading the Dharma for nearly 70 years. It was, moreover, a course for him to explore the refuge of his faith and life’s dignity. 


Master Sheng Yen portrays Master Sheng Yen’s turbulent life and times in the form of a factual movie. The film unfolds on the streets of New York in 1979, relating the course of Master Sheng Yen’s life with 10-year chapters, including The Dying Fire of His Faith (1949), Second Ordination (1959), Leaving for Japan (1969), Chan Practice and Spreading the Dharma (1979), Founding Dharma Drum Mountain (1989), Care for Life and Death (1999), and Master Sheng Yen’s Passing Away (2009).


Color : Color
Running time: 115 min
Language: Chinese , English , Japanese
Film Type : Documentary
Genre : Inspirational , History , Biography
Format : DCP
Rating: General
Posted date:2020/07/17
Updated:2024/02/22