SOUTH KOREA · 2021

The Book of Fish

Lee Joon-ik
exile and isolation scholarly pursuit natural history Catholic persecution Korean history
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Synopsis

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.

Year2021
CountrySouth Korea
DirectorLee Joon-ik
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