The Book of Fish
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.
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- Lee Joon-ik
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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.
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- Release date
- Mar 31, 2021
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
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- Language
- Korean
- Country
- South Korea
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