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Quick Info

Rating

7.8/10

Release2021

Runtime2h 6m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Plus M Entertainment

Cineworld

Movie

The Book of Fish

2021

2h 6m

7.8

History

Drama

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.

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