The President's Barber
“A time when a bad haircut can get you killed.”
HistoryDramaComedy
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.
VIBE
This film feels like a sharp, darkly funny look at the absurdity of power. It's a tense, character-driven drama that uses humor to expose the corruption and personal cost of political maneuvering in a turbulent era.
satiricaldarkly comedictensemelancholicsteadypolitical satirehistorical dramacharacter-drivenpowercorruptionfamilypolitical intrigue
barberkorea presidentdemocratization movementpark chung-heeseoulsouth korea
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