Both critics and audiences have appreciated SHIN Yeon-shick’s films—A Great Actor, Fair Love, The Russian Novel, Rough Play—for his distinctive signature. His new feature The Avian Kind will be part of this year’s Jeonju Digital Project 2014. It is about a writer’s journey to find his missing wife, and this story was also part of his former filmThe Russian Novel. His new film is getting a lot of attention thanks to his unique style of getting the motifs from literature and theatrical plays.

宣宇贤在济州岛附近寻找一个名叫“异鱼岛”的地方，追忆起一件四年前的往事。当时，他还是某旅行社的企划部部长，为了营建一个名为“异鱼岛”的观光旅馆特意计划到异鱼岛进行宣传工作。在驶往异鱼岛的船上，济州新闻社的记者千南硕企图阻止宣宇贤的行程，要求他掉转船头，并宣称只有将死之人才能看到异鱼岛，但宣宇贤不以为然。当天夜里，千南硕在船上失踪，宣宇贤受到谋杀嫌疑。调查详情后，宣宇贤虽因证据不足被无罪开释，但依然受到种种困扰，于是他决定和断定他是杀人犯的报社主编一起前往济州岛，寻找千南硕失踪的真相。随着和岛民的深入接触，千南硕过往的所作所为被逐一揭露，而岛上关于千南硕一家受到海妖诅咒的传言，也越来越接近这两位来访者......