Mr. Budd is not just a barber—he is a true master of his craft, a poet of scissors, a comb, and hair dyes. And yet Mr. Budd is also a pathetic loser, having spent all his money helping his hopeless younger brother; now he is cramped in a miserable little workshop, one that wealthy young ladies don’t even bother to visit. However, fate smiled on him: in one of his clients he recognized a criminal for whose head a solid reward is offered. But what can a quiet barber do against a cold-blooded killer?