The President's Barber

A time when a bad haircut can get you killed.

• Rated 7.1 out of 10
• Movie
• 2004
• 1h 56m
• History
• Drama
• Comedy

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

Starring

Song Kang-ho, Lee Jae-eung, Moon So-ri, Roh Hyung-wuk