Zen Noir is a 2004 surrealist Buddhist murder mystery film directed by independent filmmaker Marc Rosenbush and starring Kim Chan, Duane Sharp, Ezra Buzzington, Debra Miller, Jennifer Siebel and Howard Fong.
The story begins with a morose and brooding Detective (Duane Sharp) receiving a phone call from a local temple, saying someone is about to die.
He receives cryptic answers to all his queries from Ed (Ezra Buzzington), Jane (Debra Miller) and the Master (Kim Chan), to his rapidly growing frustration.
The Detective continues to treat the case as a murder, although both Jane and Ed insist that they did not kill the dead man.
The Detective, stunned by Ed's sudden death and haunted by visions of his deceased wife Nora (Jennifer Siebel), is comforted by Jane.