Song Kang-ho
Seong Han-mo
The President's Barber
“A time when a bad haircut can get you killed.”
2004
1h 56m
Director: Lim Chan-sang
Writer: Lim Chan-sang
Overview
A well-meaning but politically naive barber gets pulled into the inner circle of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, with rather baleful consequences for his hapless family. This sharp political satire covers roughly twenty years in South Korean political history, from the viewpoint of the barber's son.
Cast
13 people
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