The President's Barber

May 5, 2004

1h 56m

★ 7.1

A time when a bad haircut can get you killed.

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.

Genres

History

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Barunson E&A

Chungeorahm Film

Cineclick Asia

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Cast

Seong Han-mo

Song Kang-ho

Seong Nak-an

Lee Jae-eung

Kim Min-ja

Moon So-ri

Young Seong Nak-an

Roh Hyung-wuk

Jin-ki

Ryu Seung-su

President

Jo Young-jin

Jang Heok-su

Son Byung-ho

Park Jong-man

Park Yong-su

Mr. Choi

Yoon Ju-sang

Mr. Wang

Jeong Gyu-su

Mr. Ahn

Oh Dal-su

Chief Police at Police Substation

Ju Jin-mo

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