The President's Barber
6.9
“A time when a bad haircut can get you killed.”
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.
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Cast
27 people
Song Kang-ho
Seong Han-mo
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Lee Jae-eung
Seong Nak-an
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Moon So-ri
Kim Min-ja
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Roh Hyung-wuk
Young Seong Nak-an
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President
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Lim Chan-sang Director · Park Ki-heon Composer Cho Yong-kyu Cinematographer
First release May 5, 2004 · Produced in South Korea · Production Chungeorahm Film, Cineclick Asia
Production
Barunson E&A
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Chungeorahm Film
Production
Cineclick Asia
Production
Showbox
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South Korea
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Original title
효자동 이발사
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
South Korea · May 5, 2004
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
December 4, 2005 · Premiere · Filmasia Film Festival
Japan
February 11, 2005 · Digital
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