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.
Direction
Lee Joon-ik turns fish taxonomy into genuine emotional stakes.
Cinematography
Stunning monochrome that makes mud and sea look like ink paintings.
Acting
Sul Kyung-gu's delighted scholar grin will melt your cynical heart.
Director
Lee Joon-ik
Sul Kyung-gu
Jeong Yak-jeon
Byun Yo-han
Chang-dae
Lee Jung-eun
Mrs. Gageo
Min Do-hee
Bok-rye
Cha Soon-bae
Poong-heon
Kang Ki-young
Lee Gang-hoe
Ryu Seung-ryong
Jeong Yak-yong
Jo Woo-jin
Byeol Jang
Kim Eui-sung
Mr. Jang
Jung Jin-young
King Jeong-jo
Dong Bang-woo
Naju Mayor
Pang Eun-jin
Chang-dae's Mother
Yoon Kyung-ho
Moon Soon-deok
Choi Won-young
Jeong Yak-jong
Cho Seung-yeon
Lee Byeok
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