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The President's Barber (2004)

Film · 2004 · 116 min · History · Drama · Comedy

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.

Directed by Lim Chan-sang

Starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Jae-eung, Moon So-ri, Roh Hyung-wuk, Ryu Seung-soo, Jo Young-jin, Son Byung-ho, Park Yong-su

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First release anywhere5 May 2004

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