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The President's Barber (2004)

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1h 56m

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May 5, 2004
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The President's Barber (2004)

Name: The President's Barber
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Released: 2004-05-05
Rating: 3.5

3.5

/ 10

2 User Ratings

1h 56m

Running Time

May 5, 2004
Release Date

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Plot.

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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Details.

Release Date
May 5, 2004

Original Name
효자동 이발사

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 56m

Genres
Comedy Drama History

Last updated: 2025-02-10

This Movie Is About.

barber

korea president

democratization movement

park chung-hee

seoul, south korea

Wiki.

The President's Barber (Korean: 효자동 이발사; RR: Hyojadong Ibalsa) is a 2004 South Korean comedy drama film written and directed by Im Chan-sang. It follows a barber, his wife, and their only son through four decades of tumultuous Korean history. Much as in Forrest Gump, we see important moments in South Korean history through the eyes of the titular barber, who is drafted to be the official barber of President Park Chung Hee. The role of the barber is played by Song Kang-ho and Moon So-ri plays his wife.