'' Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East ? '' ( 달마가 동쪽으로 간 까닭은 ? - '' Dalmaga dongjjok-euro gan ggadakeun ? '' ) ( 1989 ) is an award-winning South Korean film written , produced and directed by Bae Yong-kyun , a professor at Dongguk University in Seoul . Known principally as a painter , Bae spent seven years making this film with one camera and editing it by hand . The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival
1989 Cannes Film Festival
1989 Cannes Film Festival
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?