Synopsis
On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night.
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Cast
- Han Suk-kyuKCIA Chief Agent Joo
- Baek Yoon-sikKCIA Director Kim Jae-Kyu
- Song Jae-hoPresident Park Chung-hee
- Kim Eung-sooKCIA Agent Colonel Min
- Jo Sang-geonKCIA Butler Shim
- Kwon Byung-gilPresident's Chief Secretary Yang
- Jung Won-joongPresident's Chief Bodyguard Cha
- Cho Eun-jiBanquet Guest
- Kim Yoon-ahSinger
- Lee Jae-guKCIA Agent Kwon
Recommendations
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The funniest film you'll see this year about a political assassination. - 83
The A.V. Club
Though The President's Last Bang is undeniably dense-with more than a dozen significant characters-the particulars aren't too tough to understand. - 80
L.A. Weekly
This meticulously well-made picture is disarmingly funny at times - not least during the ballet of bloody absurdity that is the assassination itself - but also subdued and straight-faced, with one eye planted on 1979 and the other on the violent student demonstrations looming in the distance. - 80
Los Angeles Times
An outrageous, savagely comical account of the disastrous circumstances surrounding the assassination of dictatorial South Korean President Park Chung Hee in 1979. - 75
New York Daily News
This South Korean political satire might not have historical resonance for American audiences -- it's loosely based on the 1979 assassination of dictator Park Chunghee by his own people -- but it takes the same comically dim view of governmental power and procedure as "Dr. Strangelove." - 75
New York Post
Take the real-life 1979 assassination of Park Chung-hee, the despotic, hedonistic, seal-testicle-loving president of South Korea, and stage it as if the Marx Brothers were running the country, and you might get The President's Last Bang. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Almost satirical. - 60
Variety
South Korean cinema finally gets its first full-blown political satire with The President's Last Bang, a virtuoso slice of sustained black humor.
