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TMDb Rating
7.1/10

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The President's Barber (2004)

HistoryDramaComedy
116 min

"A time when a bad haircut can get you killed."

Plot Summary

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.

Director

Lim Chan-sang

Top Cast

Song Kang-hoLee Jae-eungMoon So-riRoh Hyung-wukRyu Seung-su

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