Hyojadong ibalsa (2004)
Song Kang-ho: Seong Han-mo, Barber
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Quotes
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Seong Han-mo : [looking at the new President's bald head] I'll come back when you have more hair.
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Kim Min-ja : [after Han-mo tells her to keep her child] I said, no.
Seong Han-mo : Then what are you going to do? You have to give birth to it.
Kim Min-ja : It's up to me if I want to have the baby or not.
Seong Han-mo : Haven't you heard of "Plus Five"?
Kim Min-ja : What are you talking about?
Seong Han-mo : Plus Five! If the baby is older than five months, you have to give birth to it.
Kim Min-ja : Why?
Seong Han-mo : It's the law.
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[Min-ja tries to help Nak-an stand on his feet. But his legs don't work and he abruptly sits back down]
Kim Min-ja : Oh my god.
[She tries to make him stand again]
Kim Min-ja : Here.
[She lets go of his legs and he collapses again]
Kim Min-ja : What is wrong with you?
[Nak-an falls down again and again and again, as though his legs have completely given in. Han-mo tries making him stand]
Kim Min-ja : Be careful.
[Nak-an falls back down once more. Min-ja realizes that it's hopeless and starts crying]
Kim Min-ja : What happened?
[She holds her son tightly]
Kim Min-ja : What did they do to you? Where did they do this to you?
[as she cries this, she grabs Han-mo's trouser leg and shakes it]
Kim Min-ja : What's wrong with our Nak-an?
[Han-mo tries again and again and again to make Nak-an stand and each time the boy collapses]
Kim Min-ja : What happened to our son? What happened to our son? What happened to our son?
[Han-mo races to the front of the shop in rage]
Kim Min-ja : Our son...
[Han-mo crashes through the window of the barber shop, sobbing. He stands out in the street]
Seong Han-mo : You sons of bitches! How dare you do this to my son? How could you bastards do this? You bastards!
[Still crying, he gets out his scissors and begins to shear off large chunks of his own hair]
Seong Han-mo : Do you know who I am? I'm the President's barber. I'm the President's barber. I won't let you get away with this, you bastards.
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President : Mr. Seong, how many kids do you have?
Seong Han-mo : Well, Mr. President, I have one son. He's ten years old.
President : Hmm... So he was born when the country was in turmoil.
Seong Han-mo : Yes, Mr. President. Actually, it was because of Plus Five...
President : Plus Five?
Seong Han-mo : Yes, Mr. President. My wife discovered that she was pregnant at five months in. She didn't want the child. Do you remember the Plus Five rule? I told her she had to have it because of the Plus Five rule. I insisted she had to give birth since it had been five months. That's how my son was born. Now when the locals see him, they call him Plus Five Nak-an.
[Han-mo laughs as he brushes the President's hair]
President : The intellectuals... are the problem. That Plus Five or whatever is their doing. I graduated from Japanese Military School. That's how I know phrases like that crossed over from Japan.
Jang Hyeok-su : Right, Mr. President.
President : I should drive out those remaining pro-Japanese congressmen. Intellectuals have wreaked havoc on our nation in the past and present.
