Hwa-Om-Kyung
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Poster for Hwa-Om-Kyung (1993) | |
| Hangul | 화엄경 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hwaeomgyeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hwaŏmgyŏng |
| Directed by | Jang Sun-woo |
| Written by | Jang Sun-woo |
| Produced by | Lee Tae-won |
| Starring | Oh Tae-kyung Won Mi-kyung |
| Cinematography | You Young-gil |
| Edited by | Kim Hyeon |
| Music by | Yi Zong-gu |
| Distributed by | Tae Heung Films Co., Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | $564 |
Hwa-Om-Kyung (also known as Passage to Buddha) is a 1993 South Korean film written and directed by Jang Sun-woo. It is an adaptation of the Avatamsaka Sutra of Mahayana Buddhism.
The movie in 1994 won the now-defunct Alfred Bauer Prize from the Berlin International Film Festival, an honor for a work that "opens new perspectives on cinematic art.