Korea's Presidential candidate Lee Jae-Myung said “Buddhism must be promoted as the foundation of Korean culture” & Xi Jinping sent the Buddhist film "Xuanzhang" as China's official entry to the Oscars. In fact, many Hollywood stars like Brad Pitt, Keanu Reeves, Martin Scorsese and India’s biggest ever star SRK have all made Buddhist films. But Buddha Files is the most important Buddhist film ever made and is the only Buddhist film shot in the holiest places where Buddha was born in Nepal and then lived and taught across India. It is a modern day retelling of the story of Dalma who escaped the Buddhist genocide in India and birthed the martial arts across China, Korea and Japan. Dalma is also the founder of both Shaolin Kungfu and Zen Buddhism and the most influential saint in the history of Asia whose statues can be found throughout Korea and whose doll is the cultural mascot of Japan.
Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List was the most important film for the Jewish people as it told the story of the Jewish genocide during WW2. Soho is the only Buddhist to lead events by the world famous Simon Wiesenthal Center and so was inspired to make Buddha Files like Schindler’s List for Buddhists as it is the only movie ever made to tell the story of how Buddhists were genocided in India to the point of complete extinction. Tagore begged and pleaded for the story of India’s lost Buddhist heritage to be told for he felt India’s golden age was Buddhist and so Buddha files is Tagore’s dream come true.
Buddha Files is the only movie filmed in the holiest sites of every major Buddhist nation including Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Nepal thus promoting Asian pride and culture - just like Tagore had envisioned.
Kung Fu cinema is very popular but Buddha Files is the only movie to explain the origins of Kung Fu. All fight scenes are filmed without wires or stunt doubles and features real Shaolin monks from the Shaolin Temple as well as expert fight directors linked to John Woo - the greatest action director in film history. Dalma is an icon in Korea, Japan and China and so this movie uses martial arts of all 3 nations to promote cultural exchange between these 3 Asian superpowers. From Shaolin Kungfu to Hwarangdo Hapkido to Samurai Aikijutsu, the fight choreography is uncommon and rare.
Mel Gibson’s movie “Passion of the Christ” was a very important film for Christians and Buddha Files is the most important film for Buddhists as it tells important tales and themes associated with Buddha from empowering women like Amrapali to redeeming criminals like Angulimala and Devdutta. And like Passion used Aramaic, Buddha Files features ancient Sanskrit in key scenes.
The HBO series Shogun has won many awards in America and Buddha Files uses all real antiquities and artworks instead of props. Even the weapons are all authentic antiques without any replicas or props which is unprecedented attention to detail.
Many scenes are inspired by masterwork paintings of Dalma by some of the most famous Asian icons and painters like Hokusai and Sesshu who have inspired Picasso, Monet and Renoir. So the storyboard and script pay homage to many of Asia’s preeminent artists and heroes.
The Chinese Government sent its Buddhist film on Xuanzhang to the Oscars and Buddha Files pays homage to Xuanzhang as well as Korean icons like Hyecho as well as Sejong, Wonhyo, Ilsang and Tamjing who inspired Japan’s Prince Shotoku. The film also honors Japan's greatest Buddhist saints from Shinran to Nichiren.
Buddha Files is also the only film to feature key teachings of cardinal Buddhist sutras including the Lotus Sutra, Amida Sutra and Nirvana sutra that influenced Asian literature and civilization over centuries.
A percentage of all profits will be dedicated to the foundation of the world’s first Buddhist Holocaust museum that will house the top collection of Buddhist and Asian artworks and antiquities over 2000 years. A property has already been purchased in the most coveted location near Tokyo and Soho hopes to partner with any Buddhist universities, temples or altruists about launching a similar museum in Korea to preserve Korean culture for future generations.