The Book of Fish (2021)

Born as noble, one dreams to be humble. Born as humble, the other dreams to be noble.

When the scholar Jeong Yak-jeon is exiled to Heuksando Island during the Catholic Persecution of 1801, he decides to write a fish-based encyclopaedia.

Director

Lee Joon-ik

Writers

Kim Se-gyeom

Themes19th centuryblack and whiteencyclopediaexilefishfishingisland lifejoseon dynasty (1392–1910)living in exile