The President's Barber

History, Drama, Comedy

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Lim Chan-sang

Status Released

Release Date 2004-05-05

Storyline

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.

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