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The Book of Fish

자산어보

2021 2 h 06 min
78%
Audience score41 votes on TMDB

“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
이준익
Screenplay
Kim Se-gyeom
Status
Released
Release date
31/03/2021
Original language
Korean

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