A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki
MovieTitle | A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki |
User score | 7.7 |
Release date | Sep 6, 2006 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Michael Goldberg |
Production country | Japan, United States of America, United Kingdom |
Production companies | International Videoworks |
Run time | 77 min. |
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.