The President's Barber

(2004)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 40 votes

Genres: History, Drama, Comedy

Year: 2004

Runtime: 116 мин

Country: South Korea

Director: 임찬상

Cast: Сон Кан Хо, 이재응, 문소리, 노형욱, 류승수, 조영진, 손병호, 박용수, Юн Джу-сан, Чон Гю Су

Plot

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.