Year: 2003
Runtime: 102 mins
Language: Korean
Director: Joo Kyeong-joong
Do‑nyum, a nine‑year‑old monk, spends his solitary childhood in a mountain monastery under an elderly master. Strict Buddhist routines make him yearn for the mother he cannot recall and to join nearby village children at play and school. He befriends older monk Jung‑sim, also struggling on the path of enlightenment, while the groundskeeper promises his mother’s return. Fed up, Do‑nyum accepts adoption by the temple’s benefactor, a wealthy widow mourning her late son.
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