Beyond Evil (TV series)
Beyond Evil is a 2021 South Korean television series directed by Shim Na-yeon, and 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, Lee Dong-sik and Han Joo-won, 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 by Bong Joon-ho.Cast
Main
- Shin Ha-kyun as Lee Dong-sik
- * Lee Do-hyun as young Lee Dong-sik
- Yeo Jin-goo as Han Joo-won
- * Jung Hyeon-jun as young Han Joo-won
Supporting
Manyang Butcher's Shop
Manyang Police Substation
- Chun Ho-jin as Nam Sang-bae
- Son Sang-gyu as Cho Gil-gu
- as Hwang Kwang-young
- Nam Yoon-su as Oh Ji-hoon
Munju Police Station
- Choi Dae-hoon as Park Jeong-je
- * Choi Chan-ho as young Park Jeong-je
- Kim Shin-rok as Oh Ji-hwa
- *Nam Ga-hyeon as young Oh Ji-hwa
- Shim Wan-joon as Kang Do-soo
- as Jung Cheol-mun
- Seo Jeong-shik as Kwak Oh-sub
- Park Bo-kyung as Im Sun-nyeo
- Yoo Byung-hoon as Lieutenant Ha
Manyang People
- Gil Hae-yeon as Do Hae-won
- Heo Sung-tae as Lee Chang-jin
- Lee Kyu-hoi as Kang Jin-mook
- *Park Kwang-il as young Kang Jin-mook
- Kang Min-ah as Kang Min-jung
- 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
- as Kwon Hyuk
- Woo Jung-won as Lee Su-yeon
People around Lee Dong-shik
- Moon Joo-yeon as Lee Yu-yeon
- Park Myung-shin as Kim Yeong-hui
- 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