The President's Barber

The President's Barber (2004)

May 5th, 20041h 56min

History, Drama, Comedy
71%

Overview

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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