The meaning of Buddhist dharma in “Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring”and “3-Iron”： Based on the center of Four Nobel Truths

• Main Author: 林紫涵
• Other Authors: 朱文光
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9gt4m9

碩士 === 逢甲大學 === 中國文學系 === 102 === Korean director, Kim ki-te, tried to tell a story – “spring summer fall winter and spring”, by the way of seasonal natural variation, matching with the opening and closing gate of temple to bring out the actor monk from childhood, teenaged, out of monasticism, then back to the monastery; all the way to grow showed how an innocent young monk through teenaged with desire, then to be an attached ordinary person, finally to be an enlightened Buddhist practioner. At the end, the scene drew back to the childhood again, just like season changing: spring, summer, fall, winter, then spring again. The last scene of this film showed in a radial picture, it matched with the dharma of Buddhism: reincarnation! The other Korean film “3-Iron”, the actor of it experienced an unusual life “journey in the empty rooms”, and dropped to be the actress spiritual director. In this film, the director used a special shooting way to proceed how he got enlightened through practice. At the end of the film, while both of them were standing on the scale, it showed at “0”. It seemed like the dharma of Buddhism-the field of emptiness. The special movie words, both in “spring summer fall winter and spring” and “3-Iron”, for example: light, water, mountain, trees, are natural elements; a door, a wall, a boat, an autobike, a statue, and a mirror are material elements. They all symbolized rich Buddhist hints. The round structure with season changing and the circulation of lives in these films just meet with the thought of Buddhist reincarnation as well. This thesis is based on the core of Buddhist dharma: The Four Noble Truths ﹙suffering, the roots of suffering, the cessation of creating suffering, the path). By observation and expansion, well get more realization about Korean films, “spring summer fall winter and spring” and “3-Iron” at the same time.