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A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki
7.7
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1h 17m
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2006
Overview
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.
Cast
![D.T. Suzuki pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
D.T. Suzuki
Himself
![Gary Snyder pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FuK2gcJyJlYxO5BDLCgOf9Dh8fEr.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Gary Snyder
Himself
![Huston Smith pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Huston Smith
Himself
![Mihoko Okamura pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Mihoko Okamura
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![Albert Stunkard pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Albert Stunkard
Himself
![Robert Aitken pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Robert Aitken
Himself
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Donald Richie
Himself
![Elsie Mitchell pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Elsie Mitchell
Herself
![William Theodore de Bary pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
William Theodore de Bary
Himself
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Shojun Bando
Himself
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