In a peaceful barbershop, a timid barber confronts a stranger who has started to send blackmail notes. Whenever the stranger comes to the barbershop, the amount of money he demands becomes greater and greater. Driven to desperation, the barber hires a detective, who discovers a shocking truth about the blackmailer.
Acting
Dong Bang-woo's sweating, crumbling everyman perfection.
Direction
Barbershop as pressure cooker—claustrophobia by production design.
Director
Oh Gi-hyeon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
2006 Korean cinema was obsessed with petty revenge—this satirizes that wave by making the protagonist too pathetic for catharsis.
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