"Presented by iPICTURES" "A Chungeorahm Film production" "The characters  events featured in this story are fictitious" "'THE PRESIDENT'S BARBER'" "starring SONG Gang-ho" "My father is a barber" "His name is Sung Han-mo" "People also call him 'Tofu Han-mo' like for counting tofu" "My mother was a shaver" "When she came up to the city, it was the first thing she learned" "LEE Jae-eung" "Have a nice day" "Yong-shik" "Go eat and come back Go eat, okay?" "MOON So-ri" "My father was an ordinary barber, but he didn't always do ordinary things" "What are you doing?" "Mi-ja, I have something to talk about" "Hold on, This way..." "Let go of my hand and let's talk" "Because..." "You are not supposed to shave like that he was a barber who lived in the President's neighborhood" "Who are we?" "March 14, 1960 Aren't we the President's neighbors?" "March 14, 1960" "March 14, 1960 It's up to us to lead our country to prosperity and comfort" "Do you all understand?" "Remember this" "To face off with the Northern commies we have to support Dr. Rhee, only Dr. Rhee Seung-man" "Oh, of course he's got the president seat" "Mister Choi the community leader, always had concern for the country, and said that the government was always right" "But the problem is Lee Gi-boong" "Whatever happens," "Lee Gi-boong has to become vice-president" "Since he can support Dr. Rhee" "You all know what I'm getting at?" "So that's why" "It's V for victory" "Remember this" " Oh, it's cold" " Nice for you to come early" "You remember this also" "Dad didn't know the victory sign, but he did whatever Mister Choi told him to do" "Hey, it's V for victory!" "Yes, number two" "V for victory, ballot one" "You told me number two" "Number one" "Number two?" "Number one?" "Dad always believed that the government meant well" "So he followed Mister Choi, and worked hard for the country" "The briquette-selling gentleman also knew that my father worked hard for the country" "Hey!" "What are you doing here?" "Oh they're potatoes" "They all rotted, so I'm burying them" "Potatoes, I see" "You dug pretty deep" "Mr. Choi" "It's going to be all right" "The next important thing to my father was my name" "You're holding it upside down" "So the name is" "That's the Gwang and Ho characters" "This is Nak and An" "The name Gwang-ho brings your son power, but not a long life" " So he won't live long?" " I didn't say that!" "The name Nak-an doesn't bring wealth, but it brings comfort and no worries" "Nak-an" "So he can live comfortably" " But can't make much?" " I didn't say that!" "Both of them are good names, so pick one" "Don't you have a name that brings both comfort and money?" "No!" "If I were you, I'd pick Nak-an" "Living long is the best" "Which is better?" "Even if it's a short life, a man should live for power" "Did you go into his wife's belly?" "What if it's not a boy?" "Nak-an?" "Yes, What an easy name Nak-an" "What's so easy about that?" "People could mistake it for 'Knock on'" "What if everyone calls him Knock-on-wood, huh?" "Then no one will come in here" "They won't knock on his door" "Here comes the President" "The President finally got re-elected through a rigged election" "Dr. Rhee amended the constitution to get Plus Five votes to win before" "Since he rigged the election again, he'll be President forever" "Mr. Wang, people keep mentioning Plus Five" "What does Plus Five mean?" "Does it have anything to do with the constitution?" "You didn't know?" "Nine, ten" "It takes ten months for the baby to come out, right?" "Right" "So is the baby in the belly a person or not?" "Hard to tell, right?" "How about a nine-month baby?" "Then it's the same as a person, since it has arms and legs" "How about eight months?" "At eight months, it's still a person" "How about seven months?" "Seven months" "Six months?" "Then how many months makes the baby a person?" "Confusing, isn't it?" "Why the hell is it confusing?" "Once it comes out, then it's a baby" "Think a baby comes out like a dumpling?" "So it's five months" "At five months we think of it as a person" "Less than five months, we don't" "I said no" "Then what are you going to do?" "The baby has to be born" "It's up to me whether I have the baby or not" "No way It's Plus Five" "What are you talking about?" "Plus Five" "If the baby's over five months, it has to be born" "Why?" "The law says so" "Plus Five even amends the constitution, so the baby must be born" "My mother had an arranged marriage at her hometown" "She was planning to work for a few months, but my father spoiled it all" "I even named the baby" "What is it?" "Nak-an" "Sung Nak-an?" "What a stupid name!" "So that's how my name became known as Plus Five Nak-an to everyone in our neighborhood" "Let's do it again!" "Let's do it again!" "The Freedom Party rigged the election!" "Leave the parliament!" "Because of the Plus Five incident or the rigged election perhaps, many people gathered on our street, which lead to the Blue House" "Rhee Seung-man betrayed democracy!" "Leave the Blue House!" "I was born on the day of the April 19 Revolution" "Dad would always brag to people how my birthday was easy to remember" "The Freedom Party rigged the election!" "Leave the parliament!" "My belly!" "My belly!" "Please let us pass" "Fire!" "What's this?" "Get over here!" "I'm gonna kill you!" "You call yourself a husband?" "I was just" "Why do my shoes keep coming off?" " Shit, coming up again" " Let's go" "Let's do it again!" "Let's do it again!" " Crooked cops go away!" " Go away!" "Go away!" "What are you waiting for?" "Are you crazy?" "Let get rid of Rhee Seung-man and vote again!" "Fire!" "Doctor!" "Doctor!" "Please help us, doctor!" "Doctor, please help us!" " No, I'm not a doctor!" " Help us, doctor!" "Doctor, my friend is bleeding!" "It seems you've mistaken my gown!" "I'm not a doctor!" "Doctor!" "Help us!" "I'm telling you, I'm not a doctor!" "Like I said, I'm not a doctor!" "I'm on my way to the hospital because my wife's having a baby!" "It's coming out!" "It's coming out!" "It's coming out!" "It's coming out!" "It's coming out!" "Everyone, it's coming out!" "Nice baby, Nice baby" "I was born safely on that day, but a lot of people were killed in front of the Blue House" "You look so happy" "Hello" "Welcome" "I brought you a gift" "Aw, you shouldn't have" "Oh, Nak-an" "My wife will bring mine" "Mr. Wang bought you some pretty clothes" "Who's that on the radio?" "Isn't it the President?" "The President finally stepped down" "Mr. Choi was mad at the college students for bringing him down" "Come over here" "Come this way" "Come this way" "Come to daddy" "Hey you, where's the Blue House?" "That way" "Forward!" "Bastard could've asked nicely" "After the military seized the Blue House," "Mr. Choi thought it was for the better" "May 16, 1961 Coup d'etat" "So my father thought the same" "'A few years later'" "Okay, that's perfect!" "What the heck are you doing to the barbershop?" "Now, this place looks like a real barbershop in the President's neighborhood" "Your idea turned out pretty nice" "Now when people come in here, they'll say, 'A barbershop in the President's neighborhood sure is better'" " Isn't that right, Nak-an?" " Pardon?" "You're too young What would you know?" "Why are you hitting my son?" "We've come to look for our flower!" "What flower are you looking for?" "We're looking for the Hair Man!" "Rock, paper, scissors!" "Rock, paper, scissors!" "Dad" "I told you not to talk to me when there's a customer" "Mom went to the market, so fix yourself something to eat" "Dad" "What is it?" "The kids called you Hair Man" "Who the hell said that?" "There..." "Is it that fatty?" "Did you call me Hair Man?" "No" " Yes, you did!" " When?" "Now you're lying to me?" "I swear I didn't!" "Who are you to yell at me?" "I swear I didn't!" "Watch your mouth" "I have no choice Let's go to the police station" "You need to be interrogated by the police!" "Now follow me!" " What's going on?" " Daddy!" "He's your son?" "What happened?" "Tell me" "The other kids Hair Man, but he said and hit me!" "Say it right!" "The other kids called him Hair Man, but he said that I did and hit me!" "Hair Man?" "What's so bad about calling a barber Hair Man?" "A barber cuts hair, doesn't he?" "So, where are you going now?" "To the police station" "Police station?" "What are you doing to my son?" "Fine, let's go to the station" "That's not what I" "Anyway, when did your son grow up like this?" "You look just like your father" "Nice and healthy" "You look great" "You chubby thing, you" "Buy some cookies with this, okay?" "Buy some cookies" "Need some help?" "No, I'm almost done" "Anyway, why'd you buy so much coal during summer?" "Well, winter has to come anyway" "Thanks a lot" "Come by some time" "Looks like you can use a haircut" "Dad, Why'd you give him money after Young-jong called you Hair Man?" "I told you already" "Young-jong's father and I have been old friends" "That's why" "Nak-an, come here" "I said come here" "Nak-an, I'll tell you what a barber is" "See that thing spinning around outside?" "Do you know what it symbolizes?" "The red and blue lines symbolize blood" "And the white lines symbolize bands" "Do you know what this means?" "No" "I'll tell you what it means" "Long time ago, barbershops were hospitals" "Doctors cut hair and performed operations long ago" "This gown" "Look at this gown" "It looks exactly like a doctor's gown, right?" "Don't I look like a doctor?" "I do, huh?" "Nak-an, from now on, if anybody calls me Hair Man, laugh at him to yourself" "Think, 'You're too stupid to know that a barber and doctor are brothers'" "To myself?" "Yeah, to yourself" "It's the best way to treat ignorant people" "No matter what you tell them, they can't understand" "How could they ever get that a barber and doctor are brothers?" "No matter what it's like reading a book to a cow" "Like reading a book to a cow" "In other words" "Like talking to the wall" "Talking to the wall?" "Why would someone do that?" "Yong-baek!" "Yong-baek!" "I heard you took seven of Nak-an's cards" "How about a game with me?" "Where are you running off to?" "That little prick" "How long have you run this place?" "About twelve to thirteen years, sir" "Then you'll know what goes on around here" "Pardon?" "Yes, of course" "Do you know where I'm from?" "Pardon?" "From the Blue House?" "No, I'm from the Central Intelligence Agency" "I see" "Seen anyone suspicious around here lately?" "I'm not too sure" "Let me know if you find anyone suspicious" "I'm looking for a fishy person lately" "Yes, sir" "Especially" "Tonight" "Around here" "I feel like he'll show up" " That fishy person?" " Yes" "Yes, I'll inform you right away" "Then it'll be too late to catch him" "Then how?" "Report it to the police, got it?" "The police, right" "Around midnight tonight" "In this area" "I understand, sir" "Thank you" "Mom told dad not to let that man in the shop again, but Mr. Choi told my father to always treat him nice" "He said that it's good to know people, who seem to have power and connections" "I wanna sleep in the middle" "You little" "Your father's the oldest so he sleeps in the middle" "Go to sleep" "No, I wanna sleep in the middle" "Shut up and just go back to sleep" " I wanna sleep in the middle" " Just go to sleep!" "Why the hell doesn't he sleep?" " Dad" " What?" " A rat" " What?" "Stop it!" "There's a spy A spy" "I said there's a spy A spy" "Hurry!" "There's a spy!" "Hey!" "Freeze!" "Don't try to escape!" "Let go of me, you idiots!" " Wait!" "Wait!" " Let go, you idiots!" " Get him!" " Get him!" "Who are you?" "You little punk!" "You're a spy, aren't you?" "I'm on a special assignment, you idiots!" "He doesn't seem to be a spy!" "He's a spy!" "Have you ever seen a spy who says he's a spy?" " You're a spy" " I know you're a spy" "Let go, you bastards!" "Stay still!" " Know who I am?" " Yeah, a spy" "But he wasn't a spy" "He worked for the CIA" "He was watching over a communist student from Japan living next to us" "Anyway, that day became a turning point for my father" "Are you the one who reported the spy?" "Yes, sir" "Can't you tell a spy from a CIA agent?" "What unit did you serve, huh?" "Are you Sung Han-mo?" "I'm the head of Jongro Police Station" "Great job" "I'll also get a plaque thanks to you" "Nice to meet you" "The President is here" "Mr. President" "If there were more people like you, no spy could ever show up around our Hyoja district" "What is your name?" "Sung Han-mo, sir" "I see, Sung Ham-mo" "No, it's Sung Han-mo, sir" "Yes, Sung Ham-mo" "No sir, it's 'han-mo', like for counting tofu" "Oh, Tofu Han-mo" "Later, my father discovered that the Secret Service Director planned out the whole spy incident" "He did it to get the CIA Director into trouble" "'Presidential Plaque'" "I rubbed it already this morning" "Then rub it some more" "It's an honor rubbing that" "Where else can you rub such a thing?" "Anyway, why do you talk so much?" "Wanna work somewhere else?" "You should know your place" "Attention!" "Pack up your barber tools within three minutes" "Pardon?" "My barber tools?" "Shut up and just do it" "Yes, sir!" "Barber tools!" "I'm done, sir!" "You must know several things" "First, address him as Mr. President" "Second, keep your head down except when it's necessary" "Third, don't ask unnecessary questions" "Fourth, keep a clean cut appearance" "And the last is the most important" "Always say," "'Mr." "President, I will begin shaving'" "Then shave him only after he answers 'okay'" "Don't put your blade on him at any time, understand?" "Sign the contract" "Cut his hair quickly within 15 minutes" "Know what happens if you cut his countenance, right?" "Countenance?" "Countenance, the President's face" "I can't hear your answer" " Excuse me?" " Understand?" "Yes, sir" "I don't like your answer Lie face down" "Lie face down!" "One for louder, two for answer" " One" " Louder!" " Two" " Answer!" " One" " Louder!" "One" "Louder" " Two" " Answer!" " One" " Louder!" " Two" " Answer!" " Mr. President!" " Mr. President!" " Is the country!" " Is the country!" " Mr. President!" " Mr. President!" " Is the country!" " Is the country!" "Stand up" "Never make a mistake, got it?" "Yes, sir!" "Are you sick anywhere?" "No, Mr. President" "Then what are you waiting for?" "Right" "Mr. President, I will begin shaving" " Mr. President, I will begin..." " Yes, okay" "Thank you, Mr. President" "Oh no" "You look much younger, Mr. President" " I do?" " Yes, sir" "Come back next Monday at seven" "Where?" "Right, I understand" "And don't tell a soul about what you do in here" "Were you planning to tell the whole neighborhood then?" "I understand, sir" " Mr. President" " Mr. President?" "Right, Mr. President!" " Is the country" " Is the country" "Remember that" "Remember, right" "See you next week" "Yes, right" "Dad collapsed as soon as he got home" "Bring me a wet towel" "Jin-gi, close the shop" "Why?" "Just close it" "Close it?" "What did you do over there?" "I didn't do anything" "Bring me a wet towel" "So they told you to come and go for no reason?" "And no money, either?" "You must've seen something in there" "Wow, you're a big success now" "Come on!" "Tell me whatever you saw!" "I told you I didn't see a thing" "Bring me the wet towel!" "Until then my mother and I thought my father was cutting the staff's hair in the Blue House" " Mr. Sung" " Yes, Mr. President" "Have you been to the new bridge on Han River?" "Not yet Mr. President" "Why don't you go there?" "I will Mr. President" "What are people saying about the bridge?" "They say getting around has gotten more comfortable" "All three bridges over Han River are symbols of your leadership, Mr. President" "Mr. Sung, how many children do you have?" "Yes, Mr. President, I have a son" "He's ten years old now" "So he was born when the country was in turmoil" "Yes, Mr. President" "Actually, it was because of Plus Five" "Plus Five?" "Yes, Mr. President" "My wife discovered that she was pregnant five months later, but she wasn't going to have it" "Remember that Plus Five phrase, Mr. President?" "I told her she had to have it because of Plus Five" "Since it's over five months, it must be born" "I kept persisting on it" "That's how the baby was born" "So even now whenever the locals see him, they still call him 'Plus Five Nak-an'" "The intellectuals always import the bad ideas" "That Plus Five thing or whatever" "I graduated from the Japanese Military School, so I know that" "those sayings were crossed over from Japan" "You're right Mr. President" "I should drive out those remaining pro-Japanese congressmen" "Intellectuals have always spoiled our nation in the past and even now" "Plus Five" "I shouldn't have said that" "I don't know why, but whenever my father went to the Blue House, he was always worried about those buried sacks" "How do I look?" "It suits you perfectly, Mr. President" "You look like General McArthur, Mr. President" " McArthur?" " Yes, sir" " Try it on as well" " Me, sir?" "Try it on, Mr. Sung" " Mr. Sung" " Yes, sir" "How about if I change my hair style?" "No, Mr. President" "Parting your hair by a 2:8 ratio suits you the best" " Is that so?" " Yes, Mr. President" "If you say so Mr. Sung" "Mr. Sung you have a son the same age as mine, right?" "Yes, Mr. President" "How about having lunch together in the backyard this Sunday?" "Your family and mine" "Yes, Mr. President" "You bring your family as well" "Yes, Mr. President I'll prepare everything" "I feel damn great today" "You're not even family, so stop trying to come" "You can introduce me as your nephew!" "What's with your hair?" "Just look after the shop" "Hurry up!" "Hurry!" "Dad, I can't find my rubber shoes" "Forget the rubber shoes" "Where are the sneakers I bought you?" "In the cabinet" "Why'd you put them in there?" "Go put them on quickly" "How could she make him wear rubber shoes to the Blue House?" "Han-mo please!" "When will I ever get another chance?" "I said no" "He said only my family" "I'm pretty much family, aren't I?" "Uncle!" "Why am I your uncle now?" "Jin-gi" "Which one looks better?" "Is this better?" "This is my son, Mr. President" "He also wants to be a Secret Service Director" " Hello, Mr. President" " Hello" "I need to pee really bad" "Be quiet" "Where's the toilet?" "This is my wife And this is my son" "So are you Plus Five Nak-an?" "How did you know that?" "Forget about work and eat plenty" "What a relief" "Hey, your father's Tofu Han-mo, isn't he?" " What?" " Tofu Han-mo" "No, my father's name is Sung Han-mo" "I heard it all He's Tofu Han-mo" "Your father's this, isn't he?" "Clip, clip, clip Clip, clip, clip" "Tofu Han-mo He does this, huh?" "Clip, clip, clip Clip, clip, clip" "Guard, do something!" "Daddy!" "Are you all right?" "Are you hurt anywhere?" "What's going on?" "He pushed me" "He's okay, Mr. President" "What's with the Secret Service?" "You're all too relaxed" "I'm sorry, Mr. President" "But dad," " he called you Tofu Han-mo" " Shut up!" "Did you really say that?" "No, sir" "Yes, he did" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "Shut up!" "I'm sorry, Mr. President I'm sorry, Mr. President" "I'm sorry, Mr. President I'm sorry, Mr. President" "I'm sorry, Mr. President I'm sorry, Mr. President" "That's enough" "They're only children" "You bastard, don't you know where this is?" "Well, the children" "How the hell did you raise your son?" "Want to see me get fired, you bastard?" "Don't look" "Don't you know where this is?" "It's the Blue House, you idiot" "Dad, I'm sorry" "Your son is apologizing to you" "Dad, please hit me" "You got hit because of me" "I'm all right" "Dad, does it hurt a lot?" "I'm fine It doesn't hurt" "Dad, when I grown up," "I'll become stronger than that man and punish him" "Yeah, when you grow up, don't always get beaten like your father, please" "Nak-an, I'm fine" "And that man isn't that bad" "You're so nice, really" "You just study hard, okay?" "Nak-an, hop on my back" "But is your leg okay?" "No problem" "Hop on" "You're truly amazing" "You got beaten so much since you were little, it doesn't fade you now" "My father thought his days working at the Blue House were over" "Hurry up" "I didn't finish my food, so I'm hungry as hell" "What am I doing here?" "But then the Blue House went through an expansion, and a new barber room was installed in the new wing area" "My father was called again to work there" "Since my father worked in the Blue House," "Jin-gi often took care of the shop" "Nak-an, know what this is?" "No" "This is the twist The twist" "Jin-gi was dying to go to America" "In America, he said he wanted to meet" "Elvis Presley, Grace Kelly, and even Muhammad Ali" "What the hell are you doing?" "Han-mo!" "Han-mo" "Know what this is?" "This is the twist!" "When I fight the Vietcon in Vietnam, and bullets come I'll avoid them like this" "You've lost your mind" "Why don't you try it?" "Try it It's really fun" "Since he had no way to go to America," "Jin-gi thought he could meet" "Americans in Vietnam" "Hey, John John, friend" "John, friend friend, friend John" "God dam you fucken son of a bitch!" "You fucken mother gook!" "Why don't you go fuck off?" "I don't want to speak to you!" "Shit you understand that, cunt you understand that?" "So fuck you!" "Don't even fucken start on me!" "Sit there and shut the fuck up!" "But ironically, the one who went to America was my father" "Dad rode on the US president's helicopter, and stayed at the most expensive hotel in America" "There were hundreds of people waiting to greet my dad at the hotel" "But being our president's private barber, my dad was always busy taking care of him" "Dad always tried to be next to the president, but sometimes he couldn't" "When he returned home, crowds of people waited to greet my father" "The neighborhood people who saw dad on TV, finally learned that my dad was the President's barber" "My friend in Chuncheon City wants to run for congressman" "He needs a nomination" "Can't you help him out?" "You know I've run my dumpling shop for 17 years" "Doesn't the President like dumplings?" "I have a promotion test next month" "Mr. Sung!" "There was this fox-fur muffler" "It looked so cute and warm" "Those were the best days for our family" "Jin-gi came back from Vietnam and worked with us again" "He didn't talk much or joke around" "He was a totally different person" "And he always wore a white glove on his left hand" "The customers didn't like his glove so much, but my father didn't mention it" "Make a head count" "We lost a man" "So that's Seoul" "We're close to the enemy's heart" "Captain, I have to take a dump" "Captain, I also need to take a dump" "Captain, please" "You shitting bastards" "Where are the rest?" "Shit!" "What are you doing there?" "I'm just working" "The so-called Marxus Disease that the North Korean spies carried is spreading across the nation" "The government suspects that those infected have made contact with the North Korean spies, and will be punished under the National Security Law" "Also, anyone who reports infected persons will be rewarded 2 million won" "Wow, 2 million won is worth a house!" "That's all bullshit!" "That means anyone with diarrhea is a commie" "They say there's no smoke without a fire" "The government is always right" "Just wait and see" "The Republicans should make this guy a congressman" "You just shut up" "You still in there?" "Don't talk to me" "That's what you get for eating too many beans" "The Marxus disease was breaking out all over the country" "Nobody thought anyone living by the Blue House" "Are you Wang Cheol-gu?" "Yes?" "Mind going out for some fresh air?" "Who are you?" "You have diarrhea, right?" "You have Marxus, don't you?" "Who infected you, you bastard?" "Han-mo, some men took Mr. Wang away" " Why?" " Because he had diarrhea" "Then he should go to the hospital" "I heard that those men were from the CIA" " CIA?" " Yeah" " Why?" " Because he had diarrhea" "Why?" "So what?" "That diarrhea disease" "You know, because of that Marxus disease" "Marxus disease?" "Dad" "My stomach hurts" "What's that?" "It's for a feces test at school" "No, this won't do" "Why do you think they're doing this?" "To investigate the family by looking at the kids' feces" "Nak-an, it means that they're testing for the Marxus disease" "I'll take a dump instead A real solid one" "Wait" "Men's shit is different from women's, you dummy" "This disease is contagious, you know" "So that means that somebody must have infected you" "Just tell me who" "Tell me one person, and I'll let you free" "If you tell us who, then we'll ask that person again" "Who has infected you?" "Then we'll know the next person, right?" "Then we'll ask that person again" "Then the next person, the next person and the next" "So what happens in the end?" "We'll find out who originally contacted the spies" "So don't take it too hard, and tell us just one person" "Then we'll just go ask that person a few questions" "We won't throw him in jail We'll just talk" "Do you understand what I'm getting at?" "I'm a Republican!" "I'm part of the Republican Party!" "I'm a Hyoja district resident!" "How could you treat the President's neighbor like this?" "The Doctors' Association made an announcement yesterday" "They said that the Marxus disease is no different from colitis" "Shouldn't you capture people like them first?" "I think we should send the Marxus patients back home" "It's the general sentiment now, Mr. President" "How could you say that as the chief of the CIA?" "Don't you realize that" "This is a great chance to overrun those who oppose us now?" "Director Jang!" "About that Doctors' Association" "Yes Mr. President" "How many members does it have?" "About twenty Mr. President" " Twenty?" " Yes" "Are you afraid of merely twenty people?" "Don't be silly" "The association has some doctors respected by the people" "So their statement could shake public opinion" "Rather than public opinion," "I think we should worry about tackling this epidemic head on" "Arrest all the leaders" "If you have any problems, report to Director Jang" "Mr. President!" "That weak fool doesn't deserve to be in the CIA" "To think, he used to be my superior" "About that Marxus disease" "What happens to the ones who get arrested?" " Why?" " Well... because one of my neighbors was arrested" " Mr. Sung" " Yes, sir" "Just focus on your job" "Yes, sir" "Water came out of his butt!" "Water came out of his butt!" "Nak-an had diarrhea!" "Nah, nah, nah, boo, boo" "Mister Nak-an had diarrhea!" "Nak-an went to the market with his mom, so go play somewhere else" "No, he's in the bathroom" "I saw him in there, too" "You little brats!" "Water came out of his butt!" "Water came out of his butt!" "Kids these days are so rude" "Dad I had diarrhea" "It's not what it seems" "He must've eaten too many beans" "Why'd you eat that many beans?" "That's why you have diarrhea" "He ate all the boiled beans for the bean sauce" "I'll take him to the police station this instant" "And go see" "Whether he has the Marxus disease or not" "Let's go, boy!" "I still don't know" "Why I had diarrhea then" "But the important thing was that I had diarrhea anyway" " Officer Kim" " Oh, hello!" "Is the Sergeant here?" "He's in the room" "Hello Sergeant!" "Mr. Sung what brings you here?" "My son keeps having diarrhea" "So?" "Director Jang of the Secret Service is in my shop now" "What happened?" "You know how I'm the Blue House's barber" "Well, my son has diarrhea, so I couldn't just act like it was no big deal" "So you wanted to be a good Samaritan" " Not exactly" " Of course that's what the President's barber should do" "Dad" "What?" "I don't like this place" "Then why did you have diarrhea?" "Didn't you learn this at school?" "Our country is a democracy" "So innocent people are never taken away understand?" "Please look after him" " Sure thing" " Bye, Sergeant" "Officer Kim isn't the Sergeant here?" "He went out" "Where's Nak-an, my son?" "He was transferred to Jongno Police station" "Why?" "Political criminals are usually sent there" "Look for your son there" "I just asked him to look after him for a bit" "Why'd he go there?" "Hurry and sit down!" "Sit down you bastards!" "Heads down!" "I told you he was sent to a higher department" "A higher department?" "It means that they investigate spies" "But my son is only a child" "Is there any age limit for spies?" "But still he's just a child" "Where's Nak-an?" "Don't worry I'll meet Director Jang tomorrow" "So did you see our son or not?" "I didn't but..." "Get out!" "How could you come back without him?" "What's wrong with you?" " Get out" " Director Jang will..." "Go find our son!" "I told you I'll go to the Blue House tomorrow" "I'm the President's barber" "Where did you lose our son?" "Bring Nak-an back right now!" "Why are you laughing?" "This is torture" "You should be in pain" "I'm sorry" "Now, are you ready to tell the truth?" "You met a spy didn't you?" "I didn't" "I never met a spy" "Is this your first time?" "Yes?" "The first time is always hard" "But you'll get used to it soon, so be patient" " Okay" " Anyway what's a kid like you doing here?" "Because I had diarrhea" "That's too bad" "Now I'll start reading" "'I was infected with Marxus by my father'" " Correct?" " Pardon?" " No?" " No" "Okay here it goes" "I don't know why, but the electricity was ticklish" "Does it hurt?" "It's endurable right?" "Yes" "But my mouth smells fishy" "It normally does" "I'll raise it just a little bit since you're a kid" "Thank you, sir" "I'll read it again" "'I was infected with Marxus by my father'" "Correct?" "What?" "No" "The shock treatment wasn't that hard to stand" "But other people couldn't stand it, and eventually signed the deposition" " Director Jang" " What?" "My wife brought this ginseng from her hometown" "So what?" "You know about my son" "He was transferred to the spy investigation department, but I can't find him anywhere" "His name is Sung Nak-an Nak-an" "Could you help me find him, Director Jang?" "Or could you let me talk to the President?" "Are you trying to bribe me in the situation we're all in?" "The country is in a crisis" "A crisis!" "Do you want to die by me?" "How dare you speak of the President that way?" "It's working" "Fantastic!" "What the hell are you doing?" "Everything is clear!" "Sir, everything is clear!" "This is why we can't get any results!" "Raise it all the way up!" "I didn't lie to the end" "Because my father never had diarrhea" "I will now make an announcement" "After the CIA conducted a 10-month long investigation, we've finally succeeded in rounding up all the members of the 'Hyoja Poker Spy Ring'" "So even when the men who signed the deposition became famous," "I was being tortured in silence" "Their members surprisingly included doctors and professors, and it was discovered that some of them had met the armed North Korean spies last summer" "Up to 20 of the spies were from Hyoja district" "He said there were 20 spies in the Hyoja district, but in fact there were only three, including me" "Everyone from the 'Hyoja Poker Spy Ring' were sentenced to death, and executed in three days" "Drink it" "How's this going to help things?" "Our son" "Good afternoon" "Oh hi Young-jong" "Did Nak-an come back?" "Nak-an told me to hold this for him" "Good-bye" "Mr. Sung the President wants you to come have a drink" "Good work" "Congratulations on your never-ending term" " Cheers!" " Cheers!" "Mr. Park, I heard your electric bill was high this month" "What are you getting at?" "I heard that there's a person, who's eating up a lot of electricity in the CIA building" "Yes, lately I've been investigating someone, but he's very persistent" "So what are you investigating?" "Mr. President" "I heard it's because of diarrhea" "Isn't that Marxus case finished?" "Yes, of course" "Anyway, I heard he's extremely young" "But regardless how could you torture a little boy?" "Director Jang" "Do you even know how hard my job is?" "Is putting electricity into a boy a hard job?" "Director Jang!" "That's enough!" "Why do you two always argue with each other?" " I'm sorry, Mr. President" " I'm sorry, Mr. President" "Finish the Marxus case quickly" "Yes, Mr. President" "Now what's wrong with you?" "I'm sorry Mr. President" "I was thinking of my son" "Why?" "Well, just that my son is somewhere far away" "You're too sensitive" "That's nothing to worry about" "Children being outside of the home is good for their upbringing" "When I went to a teacher's school," "I grew up outside of my home" "After I graduated" "I taught in a secluded village, and then I went to Manchuria" "On my way to Manchuria's vast land," "I had a lot of dreams" "I wanted to make history and become a big hero!" "That night, nobody knows why Director Jang brought it up" "Maybe it was because of dad's ginseng" "Or maybe because he just hated Mr. Park" "Regardless," "I was allowed to go back home a few days later" "Is anybody there?" "Mom" "Dad" "Is that you boy?" "Mom..." "Dad..." "Mom" "Dad" "Mom" "Dad" "Mom" "Dad" " Dad - Nak-an!" "Mom!" "Nak-an!" "It wasn't until I arrived home that I realized my body was different" "Oh goodness" "What's wrong with you?" "Stand up" "Oh no" "Oh no" "Oh no Where..." "Where..." "Where have you been Nak-an?" "What happened to our son?" "Oh goodness" "Oh..." "What am I going to do?" "Nak-an..." "Nak-an..." "What's going on?" "What happened to you?" "You sons of bitches!" "How dare you do this to my son!" "You sons of bitches, how could you do this to him?" "You sons of bitches!" "Don't you know who I am?" "I'm the President's barber!" "I'm the President's barber" "You sons of bitches!" "I won't let you get away with this!" "Determined to cure my legs, my father took me to all the famous herb doctors around the country" "Nak-an are you cold?" "No Dad... do you think there really is an herb doctor here?" "Of course" "You heard what they said back there" "This doctor's acupuncture can cure people and even ghosts" "Then why does he live in the mountains?" "People who are enlightened usually hide in the mountains" "Since he can even defeat ghosts, your legs will be a piece of cake" "Let's sit here for a second" "Here we go" "Dad, let's just go back home" "We came all the way here so why go back?" "Dad, your legs will freeze up" "I'm okay" "Hold this for me" "Dad's okay I'm okay" "How is he?" "Sir, you've said nothing for over an hour" "Silence" "I'll cure his body" "But his spirit" "Sir I don't understand" "I'll cure his body" "But his spirit" "I'm sorry but could you please repeat that?" "But his spirit should be cured by you!" "Your son was born with a strange fate" "In other words, his name is strange" "He's supposed to live in comfort by his name" "He's in this pain because the serpent across the river became a dragon" "So your son is paying for it" "What do you mean by that?" "When a dragon dies in a few years, it will ride a chrysanthemum bus at the funeral" "After you poke out its eye, boil it with chrysanthemum and feed it to your son" "Be silent and take off his clothes for the acupuncture" "Dad, where'd that old doctor go?" "I don't know" "He seems like a mountain spirit" "He's no doctor at all" "Poke out the dragon's eye?" "He's an old psycho" "Nak-an this is the sea" "Wide isn't it?" "Yes, there's a lot of water" "Is this your first time seeing the sea?" "Me?" "For me" "It's also the first time" "Nak-an let's go home" "Okay" "What do you think we should tell your mother?" "I'll ask her to buy me crutches" "Mr. Sung" "Yes Mr. President" "I'm going to have a drink with Mr. Park and Mr. Jang tonight" "Why don't you join us?" "No, thank you Mr. President" "I won't be any help to your conversations on politics" "That's what I like about you" "You've always been what you are now and then" "Modest and sincere" "Thank you Mr. President" "How long have we known each other now?" "It's been twelve years, Mr. President" "You've been doing this job for quite a long time" "You, too Mr. President" "Mr. Sung" "Yes Mr. President" "Why don't you give me a shave?" "Mr. President I will begin shaving" "I told you not to say that any more" "Yes Mr. President" "I'm in a rush, so cut my hair fast" "You'll have to wait for a moment" "Mr. Sung, do I need to repeat myself?" "Crazy bastard" "You bastard Didn't you hear that I was in a rush?" "Mr. Jang" "Mr. Park, you have a barber in your building right?" "Getting a haircut here doesn't mean you own the Blue House" "You bastard, I was your superior in the Academy" "Oh, sir why are you pulling rank in the Blue House?" "You want to give me a drill?" "What are you all waiting for?" "You bastard!" "You may think you're high almighty being close to the President," "but I won't leave you alone for the country's sake" "Remember that You disgraceful bastard!" "Mr. Sung, what are you waiting for?" "Yes, sir" "On that day many things happened to my father" "And on that day it was also the last time my father saw those two men" " Do you have a gun?" " Sir?" " Give me your gun!" " Yes, sir" "October 26, 1979" "All meetings or demonstrations will be forbidden" "All schools and colleges nationwide will be closed temporarily" "I repeat" "At 7:50 pm last night the President was shot to death" "At 12:20 am today the President died from a gunshot" "At 4:00 am" "October 261979, the government has declared" "Martial Law except for the islands" "All meetings or demonstrations are forbidden in all areas under Martial Law" "All schools and colleges nationwide will be closed temporarily" "When a dragon dies in a few years, it will ride a chrysanthemum bus" "After you poke out its eye, boil it with chrysanthemum and feed it to your son" "Where are you going this late?" "Honey" "No matter what happens to me" " Never mind" " What are you talking about?" "Whatever happens to me, cure our son's legs, okay?" "My goodness he must've lost his mind" "Who's that?" "Stop right there!" "Freeze!" "Who are you?" "Mr. Sung!" "What are you doing here?" "I came to see the President's face for the last time" "I'm sorry" "Why isn't it moving?" "It must be broken" "The bus stopped" "It's stalling in front of the barber shop" "Han-mo!" "What?" "Come on out!" "I can't go out right now" "How is it?" "It tasted horrible" "But I couldn't say that since my parents did their best to make it" "All I could say to them was" "Hey you!" "Would you like a haircut?" "Han-mo" " What?" " One sec" "Who's the ex-President's barber?" "Yes, I was" "I'm from he Blue House" "Want to work for the new government?" "Didn't you hear me?" "I'm sorry" "I don't want to do it any more" "Mr. President, I'll come back when your hair grows out" "My father said he didn't know why he said that" "But he said he felt at ease." "Honey!" "Let him through" "One more step" "Good!" "One more step" "Just a moment" "Alright!" "Good!" "One more step" "Alright!" "Good!" "One more step" "Good!" "Good!" "Oh, Han-mo" "Keep going Good" "To the left" "Slowly" "Keep pedaling!" "Good!" "Now, slowly" "written and directed by Lim Charn-sarng produced by CHOI Yong-bae executive producer CHOI Jae-won" "producer SHIN You-young line producers KIM Hong-baek / PARK Sung-ho screenplay revised by JANG Min S." "Director of photography CHO Yong-kyu lighting director LIM Jae-young production design KANG Seung-young edited by KIM Hyun music by PARK Ki-heon (MF)" "Location sound HAN Choul-hee (LIVE) Sound designer KIM Suk-won (BLUECAP)" "Prop masters JANG Su-nam / CHA Bong-eun set designed by Art Service, Inc computer graphics by Yoon Jae-hoon Casting director HONG Suk-ho costumes by SHIM Hyun-seob (LEOKAMA) Make-up artist KWON Su-kyung" "martial arts coordinator JEON Moon-shik special effects by KIM Byung-kee (Future Vision)" "First assist director HAN Seung-rim production manager KIM Woo-jin"