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
StarringSul 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

The Book of Fish (Korean: 자산어보; RR: Jasaneobo) is a 2021 South Korean black-and-white historical drama film directed by Lee Joon-ik. The film starring Sul 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. It was theatrically released on March 31, 2021.

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