Film
The President's Barber
South Korea- Age rating
- R15+
- Director
- Lim Chan-sang
- Year
- 2004
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.
Top cast
Song Kang-ho
Seong Han-mo
Lee Jae-eung
Seong Nak-an
Moon So-ri
Kim Min-ja
Roh Hyung-wuk
Young Seong Nak-an
Ryu Seung-soo
Jin-ki
Jo Young-jin
President
Son Byung-ho
Jang Heok-su
Park Yong-su
Park Jong-man
Yun Ju-sang
Mr. Choi
Jeong Gyu-su
Mr. Wang
Oh Dal-su
Mr. Ahn
Yun Hui-cheol
Mr. Moon
Jo Moon-ee
Mr. Shon
Park Gil-su
Torturing Agent
Kim Gyeong-ryong
Torture
Ju Jin-mo
Chief Police at Police Substation
Kim Jae-geon
Elder
Jung Jae-jin
Elder
Directed by
Lim Chan-sang
Written by
Lim Chan-sang
Produced by
Choi Yong-bae, Jay Choi, Kim Hong-baek
