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Beyond Evil
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Hangul	괴물
Hanja	怪物
Literal meaning	Monster
Revised Romanization	Goemul
Genre	Procedural Psychological thriller
Created by	JTBC
Written by	Kim Su-jin
Directed by	Shim Na-yeon
Starring	Shin Ha-kyun Yeo Jin-goo
Composer	Ha Geun-young
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	16
Production
Executive producers	Park Jae-sam Kim Ji-woo
Producers	Park Woo-ram Kim Bo-reum
Cinematography	Jang Jong-kyung Kwon Byeong-soo
Editor	Jeon Mi-suk
Running time	70 minutes
Production companies	Celltrion Entertainment JTBC Studios
Original release
Network	JTBC
Release	February 19 (2021-02-19) – April 10, 2021 (2021-04-10)

Beyond Evil (Korean: 괴물; Hanja: 怪物) is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Shin Ha-kyun and Yeo Jin-goo. It aired on JTBC from February 19 to April 10, 2021. It received seven nominations at the 57th Baeksang Arts Awards, winning three – Best Drama, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor for Shin Ha-kyun. It was also selected as one of the final candidates for the Baeksang Arts Award Grand Prize – Television.

Synopsis

Beyond Evil follows the story of two fearless policemen from the Manyang Police Substation of the Munju Police Station (located in the western part of Gyeonggi Province), Lee Dong-sik (Shin Ha-kyun) and Han Joo-won (Yeo Jin-goo), who break the law to catch a serial killer. In the course of uncovering the culprit's identity, they question the innocence of everyone involved in the case, including themselves. "Who is the monster?" "Is it you?" "Is it me?" "Is it us?"

Inspiration

While the plot appears to make some allusions to Korea's Hwaseong serial murders case, the show is not based on a true story, and is solely a work of fiction. The similarities can be explained by inspiration drawn from Memories of Murder (2003) by Bong Joon-ho.

Cast

Main

• Shin Ha-kyun as Lee Dong-sik
  • Lee Do-hyun as young Lee Dong-sik

An impulsive and eccentric sergeant at the Manyang Police Substation. Once a capable detective, he has been demoted to doing largely menial and tedious tasks. His goal is to find a real killer of his sister Lee Yu-yeon.

• Yeo Jin-goo as Han Joo-won
  • Jung Hyeon-jun as young Han Joo-won

An elite detective from the International Crime Investigation Team at the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency transferred to Manyang Police Substation. Good-looking and capable, he has great influence due to being the son of a next-in-line Police Commissioner, Han Gi-hwan. He is determined to prove Lee Dong-sik guilty of his sisters murder.

Supporting

Manyang Butcher's Shop

• Choi Sung-eun as Yoo Jae-yi

Nicknamed the "Master of Knife", the owner of the Manyang Butcher Shop and Restaurant.

Manyang Police Substation

• Chun Ho-jin as Nam Sang-bae

The soon-to-retire Chief of Manyang Police Substation.

• Son Sang-gyu as Cho Gil-gu

A Sargeant at Manyang Police Substation.

• Baek Seok-kwang [ko] as Hwang Kwang-young

A police officer at Manyang Police Substation.

• Nam Yoon-su as Oh Ji-hoon

The youngest police officer at the Manyang Police Substation and the brother of Oh Ji-hwa.

Munju Police Station

• Choi Dae-hoon as Park Jeong-je
  • Choi Chan-ho as young Park Jeong-je

The Lieutenant of the Investigation Support Team at Munju Police Station, Lee Dong-sik's best friend, and son of congresswoman Do Hae-won.

• Kim Shin-rok as Oh Ji-hwa
  • Nam Ga-hyeon as young Oh Ji-hwa

The team leader of the Dangerous Crimes Division, Lee Dong-sik's classmate from elementary to high school, and the former wife of CEO Lee Chang-jin.

• Shim Wan-joon as Kang Do-soo

An honest homicide detective at Munju Police Station whose role model is Dong-sik

• Jung Gyu-soo [ko] as Jung Cheol-mun

Chief of Munju Police Station.

• Seo Jeong-shik as Kwak Oh-sub

Senior detective at Munju Police Station.

• Park Bo-kyung as Im Sun-nyeo

Captain of the Forensic Investigation Team and Kang Do-soo's wife.

• Yoo Byung-hoon as Lieutenant Ha

Manyang People

• Gil Hae-yeon as Do Hae-won

The current councilwoman and aspiring mayoral candidate of Munju, and mother of Park Jeong-je.

• Heo Sung-tae as Lee Chang-jin

The CEO of JL Construction and the Chairperson of the Munju City Dream Town Development Committee.

• Lee Kyu-hoi as Kang Jin-mook
  • Park Kwang-il as young Kang Jin-mook

The owner of the Manyang Supermarket, Dong-sik's adopted brother, and the father of Kang Min-jung.

• Kang Min-ah as Kang Min-jung

She is the daughter of Kang Jin-mook, the owner of Manyang Supermarket.

• Kim Hieora as Bang Ju-seon
• Jung Jae-jin as Bang Ho-cheol, Bang Ju-seon's father.
• Jun Soo-hyun as Jang Oh-bok, Do Hae-won's secretary and bodyguard.
• Kim Jung-eun as Lee Kang-ja, Cho Gil-gu's wife.

People around Han Joo-won

• Choi Jin-ho as Han Gi-hwan

Han Joo-won's father and front-runner for the next Commissioner of the National Police Agency.

• Park Ji-hoon [ko] as Kwon Hyuk

A Munju City prosecutor who was once Joo-won's private high school tutor.

• Woo Jung-won as Lee Su-yeon

Han Gi-hwan's wife and Han Joo-won's mother.

People around Lee Dong-shik

• Moon Joo-yeon as Lee Yu-yeon

Dong-sik's fraternal twin sister.

• Park Myung-shin as Kim Yeong-hui

Yu-yeon & Dong-shik's mother

• Kim Jung-ho as Yu-yeon & Dong-shik's father

Others

• Cha Chung-hwa as Lee Geum-hwa
• Kim Bi-bi as Han Jeong-im
• Jang Sung-bum as Lee Sang-yeob
• Kang You-seok as Reporter Lim Gyu-seok
• Nam Mi-jung as Fish market lady
• Park Ji-ah as Neighborhood woman
• Jo Ji-seung as Yoon Mi-hye, Kang Min-jung's mother

Production

Shin Ha-kyun and Yeo Jin-goo previously appeared in the film No Mercy for the Rude (2006) where Yeo played the younger version of Shin's character.

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Viewership

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Awards and nominations

Listicle

Remake

Beyond Evil has recently landed the J-drama adaptation, with no further news on which broadcasters nor the airing date was publicly announced.

Notes

1. ^ It can be seen as a branch office of the police station. In this case, Manyang Police Substation is under Munju Police Station.

References

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External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Beyond Evil at IMDb
• Beyond Evil at HanCinema
• Beyond Evil on Netflix

• JTBC television dramas
• Korean-language television shows
• 2021 South Korean television series debuts
• 2021 South Korean television series endings
• South Korean crime television series
• South Korean police procedural television series
• Psychological thriller television series
• South Korean thriller television series
• Television series about fictional serial killers
• Television series by SLL
• Television series by Celltrion Entertainment