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The Book of Fish

  • 20212021
  • 2h 6m
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7.5/10
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The Book of Fish (2021)
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This is a South Korean historical black and white film about an exiled Joseon era scholar and a fisherman. The story was about their exchange of knowledge in writing a book.This is a South Korean historical black and white film about an exiled Joseon era scholar and a fisherman. The story was about their exchange of knowledge in writing a book.This is a South Korean historical black and white film about an exiled Joseon era scholar and a fisherman. The story was about their exchange of knowledge in writing a book.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
510
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
30,530
842
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    • Director
      • Joon-ik Lee
    • Writer
      • Se-Gyeom Kim
    • Stars
      • Sol Kyung-gu
      • Yo-Han Byun
      • Lee Jeong-eun
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    • Director
      • Joon-ik Lee
    • Writer
      • Se-Gyeom Kim
    • Stars
      • Sol Kyung-gu
      • Yo-Han Byun
      • Lee Jeong-eun
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    • 1User review
    • 8Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 16 wins & 24 nominations

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    Sol Kyung-gu, Yo-Han Byun, and Lee Jeong-eun in The Book of Fish (2021)

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    Sol Kyung-gu
    Sol Kyung-gu
    • Yag jeon Jeong
    • (as Kyung-gu Sol)
    Yo-Han Byun
    Yo-Han Byun
    • Chang dae
    Lee Jeong-eun
    Lee Jeong-eun
    Do-hee Min
    Cha Soon-bae
    Cha Soon-bae
    Kang Ki-young
    Kang Ki-young
    Seung-ryong Ryu
    Seung-ryong Ryu
    Pang Eun-jin
    Pang Eun-jin
    Woo-jin Jo
    Woo-jin Jo
    Choi Wonyoung
    Choi Wonyoung
    • Director
      • Joon-ik Lee
    • Writer
      • Se-Gyeom Kim
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    7/10
    The darkness
    When a country used philosophy to strengthen its control; when an ordinary person poured his efforts just in order to enter the ruing class and survive; when the ruling class disdain wisdom and philosophy and contempt the disadvantaged. This sort of country was appalling. People couldn't see the sun but just darkness, couldn't get education but be imposed to submit heavy taxes. However, there were some little stars glistening in the darkness, those people were so brave and desperately fearless that they fought with hypocrisy and viciousness.

    Moreover, I really appreciated this film because it clearly demonstrates the influence of Confucian culture and its disadvantages when it' s used as a ruling tool. It also explains indirectly that Confucian culture is, in fact, neo-confucianism which was just forwarded to help emperor to unify people's minds and control them.

    Anyway, this film gave me a resonance and epiphany.
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    • Sep 27, 2021

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    • Release date
      • March 31, 2021 (South Korea)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • 茲山魚譜
    • Production company
      • Megabox Plus M
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,615,780
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 6 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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