A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki2006

A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki

Name: A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2006
Duration: 77 min
Rating: 7.7

2006 · 77 min

Documentary

★ 7.7

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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.

Crew

Director Michael Goldberg
Screenplay Michael Goldberg

Cast

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D.T. Suzuki
Self
Gary Snyder
Self
H
Huston Smith
Self
M
Mihoko Okamura
Self
A
Albert Stunkard
Self
R
Robert Aitken
Self
Donald Richie
Self
E
Elsie Mitchell
Self
W
William Theodore de Bary
Self
S
Shojun Bando
Self

Crew

Director — Michael Goldberg
Screenplay — Michael Goldberg

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