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A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki

Documentary

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.

Date: 09/06/2006
Rating: 7.7
Cast: D.T. Suzuki, Gary Snyder, Huston Smith, Mihoko Okamura, Albert Stunkard, Robert Aitken, Donald Richie, Elsie Mitchell, William Theodore de Bary, Shojun Bando

D.T. Suzuki

Gary Snyder as Self in A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki Gary Snyder

Huston Smith

Mihoko Okamura

Albert Stunkard

Robert Aitken

Donald Richie as Self in A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki Donald Richie

Elsie Mitchell

William Theodore de Bary

Shojun Bando