The President's Barber(효자동 이발사)
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Korea · 2004
Rated R · 1h 56m
Director Lim Chan-sang
Starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Jae-eung, Moon So-ri, Roh Hyung-wuk
Genre History, Drama, Comedy
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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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