Both are beautiful black and while films by director Lee Joon Ik focused on the lives of writers that paint an insightful picture of some aspect of the period they are set in. They are slow-paced, poetic, and create a sort of intellectual or emotional portrait of the historical figure on whose life they are based. They also focus on these writers' important relationships with the other leads, who function as foils and as major characters in their own right.
Two male leads get separated. Struggle in life. Trying to achieve what a person love in life. Connection in hearts.
Both of these films are rather slow-paced and have significant ideological conflicts at their centers. The clash of ideologies in The Fortress manifests as a political debate while the king and his ministers try to make decisions during a siege. The Book of Fish explores the value of different types of knowledge and learning by following the relationship between the two leads, who come from very different backgrounds, thus have different beliefs and mastery of different skills. Both are excellent historical films with great performances and beautiful cinematography. Though both have their uplifting and depressing moments, the Book of Fish has an overall more light-hearted tone, while The Fortress is more serious and bleak.
Both Korean historical movie has to do with book and letters. It takes tremendous well power and effort to initiated the record keeping of valuable history making
Both are about living in fishing village. Simple hardworking people. Tough life but very united villages.
Also black and white movie. Worth watching. Great movie. Heartwarming. Unique plot storyline. Award winning movies.
Both Korean movie has to do with books, words, letters creation and preserve. It took perseverance, hearts sweat and blood to keep the culture.
Both Korean historical movies has very strong man royal to a fault. Smart and stubborn. The make the history. They tactical. Both movies has a woman that stay tight and support the man till the end
Both movies are about writing a book. One is writing a dictionary, the other one write about fish. Both take years of effort and perseverance to complete
Both are historical Korean drama involving letters. The beginning of letters, words and books. Great watch.
Both are black and white Korean movie base on true story. Both are historical. Poverty, persistence, harassment, prison confinement