Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring (2003)

Most of the votes and reviews of this movie from regular viewers are generally between 6 and 8. Mine is not. I saw this movie nearly 10 years ago after a recommendation from a friend. I can still remember not only the beauty in the cinematography, the music, and interpretation of the life of a monk, but also in the wonderful acting and script.

This was a movie that showcased the beauty of life in all it's stages, what the world can show you if you only watch and listen, and how harmonious it can be. This is not a fast paced film, nor is it filled with alot of dialogue. However, 10 years later I still remember this film fondly and look forward to watching it again.

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An acclaimed directed, settled, powerful, and imagery type of film where the theme of buddhism plays a significant role in the five segments of each season. The character's dealings/actions are all judged by Master's words of wisdom, hidden messages, and the presence of Buddhist symbols.

This film may seem lengthy and quite slow, however if you take the time to fit the puzzle pieces together, you will be able to see how each stage of life is quite important for the main character and how the Master assists him with his difficulties to find inner peace.

Mainly, this story is about the life of a novice Buddhist monk and his old teacher where one or two of them goes through the five seasons within the film.

The acting was amazingly well done and the tradition music was greatly portrayed on how each scene flows to the next.

I highly recommend this film to people who have patience, great appreciation to nature, and religion, and those who enjoy learning the lessons of life.

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It is Art,,, art about life. a cycle of life.
About how a child monk growing and knowing about what is life. this movie is on my paln to watch so long and i always wonder is it good or not, BUT just with 10 minutes this movie can stole my heart.

A really beautiful scenery with a really deep meaning story is what makes this movie one of my most favourite movie. the monk's acting is good, and the child actor is brilliant.

when you watch this movie you will realize how is life so beautiful and make you wonder what you'll do in your life.

this kind of movie will not disappointed you.

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"Lust awakens the desire to possess, And that awakens the intent to murder"

This is a movie that basically teaches the audience to stay away from Buddhist Monasterys, even if it may be placed in a beautiful location, the boredom they feel leads them to do the strangest things...

This movie did a great job inviting me to feel the boredom of the life of a monk (or several monks), i could truly feel the boredom take over me in this pretty as it may be sloow, depressing movie with less actual dialog than there is in page of a children's book. As the people here seem to speak with actionsand gazes instead of using actual words.

The whole movie is filmed in the same location, different season, same little (gorgeous) lake, surrounded by mountains and missplaced doors making me want to google a bunch of stuff about buddhist as I feel like this movie has a lot more to it than I actually understand. The little I do know or think know about buddhism the lives of buddhist monks is portrayed rather well there is a lot of silence, as well as nature takings its course, as well as how one thing leads to another, one moment the male lead sneaks a peak, the next he sneaks out, and before we know it he loses all interest and respect towards his master and spines out of control...

So while the pace was slow, there was a complete lack of dialog and I was bored at times I could not help but be fascinated by the few words I did get to hear, I am not going to say this is in nay way entertaining but I get why it is used as study material, it is artsy, it has depth, it seems to try to says a bunch of stuff and it makes me understand that I do not understand squat about it making want to google stuff. Therefor it gets a 8.


P.s "Lust awakens the desire to possess, And that awakens the intent to murder" seeing those words come out of the same mouth as the guy who later had a very interesting role in Squid Game was a probably the most fun part of the movie

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I watched this movie in school when we were talking about buddhism. I think it captures the general idea of the religion pretty good and makes it easier to understand.

The acting was good, the actors seemed really into their roles and I found nothing off.

The music was nice and fit the movie, I actually remember it which is rare.

Overall I found the movie pretty boring, but that may be because it was in school. It drags a little but has interesting and even funny scenes, too. At least my classmates were laughing at times..

It definitely has sad scenes, though. Some things are hard to understand, but I felt with the characters, pitied them somewhat and some things were a little disturbing, too.

If you want to understand buddhism better, this is a movie for you. Otherwise it's not something I'd recommend to watch "just for fun". :)

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I always mentioned this film to my friend. So serene, so calm, so beautifully make. Being an outdoor nature loving person, the scenery in this film is like a dream. The value of the film including religion, culture, tradition, Love, Care, mental/physical grow, teaching, simplicity and Life overall. It is slow pace, but one of a kind. I just can’t forget this film. Have watch it several times over the years. Don’t remember the name of the actors or actress, I think no big famous actor/actress. Highly Recommend. It is the kind of film make you think, discuss and stay in your mind for a long time.

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