The Book of Fish

The Book of Fish
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
자산어보
Hanja
玆山魚譜
Revised RomanizationJasaneobo
Directed byLee Joon-ik
Written byKim Se-gyeom
Produced byKim Seong-cheol
StarringSol Kyung-gu
Byun Yo-han
CinematographyLee Eui-tae
Edited byKim Jeong-hun
Music byBang Jun-seok
Production
company
Cineworld
Distributed byMegabox Plus M
M-Line Distribution
Release date
  • 31 March 2021 (2021-03-31)
Running time
126 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$2.6 million[1][2]

The Book of Fish (Korean자산어보; RRJasaneobo) is a 2021 South Korean black-and-white historical drama film directed by Lee Joon-ik. The film starring Sol Kyung-gu and Byun Yo-han, is about an exiled Joseon era scholar and a fisherman and their exchange of knowledge in writing a book.[3][4] It was theatrically released on March 31, 2021.[5]

The film won the Grand Prize at 57th Baeksang Arts Awards in May 2021.[6]

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  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference rank:kofic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Choi Young-joo (December 15, 2020). "이준익 감독·설경구·변요한 '자산어보', 2021년 개봉" [Director Joon-ik Lee, Gyeong-gu Seol, and Yohan Byeon,'Sasaneobo', released in 2021]. No Cut News (in Korean). Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  4. ^ "The Book of Fish". HanCinema.
  5. ^ Kang Hye-ran (March 28, 2021). "'자산어보' 이준익 "과도한 세금, 백성 착취하던 시대 돌아본 건…"" [Jun-ik Lee,'Asset Looking' “I looked back at the era of excessive taxes and exploitation of the people… ”]. M News (in Korean). Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  6. ^ Lee Jae-hoon (May 14, 2021). "유재석·이준익, '백상예술대상' 대상…'괴물' 3관왕(종합)" [Jae-Seok Yoo and Jun-ik Lee, Grand Prize in'Baeksang Arts Awards'... 'Monster' 3 crowns (Total)]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved May 14, 2021.