The President's Barber

Plot Summary

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-su Jin-ki