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2021 South Korean television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beyond Evil (Korean: 괴물; Hanja: 怪物) is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Shin Ha-kyun and Yeo Jin-goo.[1][2] It aired on JTBC from February 19 to April 10, 2021.[3] 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.[4]
| Beyond Evil | |
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Promotional poster | |
| Hangul | 괴물 |
| Hanja | 怪物 |
| Literal meaning | Monster |
| Revised Romanization | Goemul |
| Genre | |
| Created by | JTBC |
| Written by | Kim Su-jin |
| Directed by | Shim Na-yeon |
| Starring | |
| 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 | |
| Original release | |
| Network | JTBC |
| Release | February 19 – April 10, 2021 |
Beyond Evil follows the story of two fearless policemen from the Manyang Police Substation[a] 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?"
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.
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.[14]
| Beyond Evil OST | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
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| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Language | |
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "The Night" |
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| Choi Baek-ho | 3:53 |
| 2. | "The Night" (inst.) |
| 3:53 | ||
| Total length: | 7:46 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Timeless" |
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| Bibi | 3:21 |
| 2. | "Timeless" (inst.) |
| 3:21 | ||
| Total length: | 6:42 | ||||
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Empty" |
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| Car, the Garden | 4:00 |
| 2. | "Empty" (inst.) |
| 4:00 | ||
| Total length: | 8:00 | ||||
| Season | Episode number | Average | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1 | 1027 | 1051 | 1010 | 1003 | 828 | 1100 | 1011 | 1343 | 1157 | 1352 | 1066 | 1039 | 1142 | 1327 | 1265 | 1358 | 1130 | |
 | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Title | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea)[18] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | ||||
| 1 | February 19, 2021 | Appear (나타나다) | 4.451% (5th) | 5.232% (4th) | |
| 2 | February 20, 2021 | Disappear (사라지다) | 3.948% (6th) | 4.854% (6th) | |
| 3 | February 26, 2021 | Smile (웃다) | 4.330% (4th) | 4.920% (4th) | |
| 4 | February 27, 2021 | Cry (울다) | 4.204% (7th) | 5.179% (6th) | |
| 5 | March 5, 2021 | Deceived (속다) | 3.765% (7th) | 4.237% (4th) | |
| 6 | March 6, 2021 | Deceive (속이다) | 4.442% (6th) | 4.881% (5th) | |
| 7 | March 12, 2021 | Catch (낚다) | 4.172% (7th) | 4.721% (4th) | |
| 8 | March 13, 2021 | Caught (낚이다) | 5.356% (5th) | 6.490% (2nd) | |
| 9 | March 19, 2021 | Float (떠오르대) | 4.651% (4th) | 5.498% (4th) | |
| 10 | March 20, 2021 | Sink (가라앉다) | 5.502% (4th) | 6.311% (1st) | |
| 11 | March 26, 2021 | Tighten (조이다) | 4.682% (4th) | 5.385% (4th) | |
| 12 | March 27, 2021 | Loosen (풀다) | 4.279% (5th) | 5.118% (1st) | |
| 13 | April 2, 2021 | Ask (묻다) | 5.021% (4th) | 5.840% (4th) | |
| 14 | April 3, 2021 | Answer (답하다) | 5.302% (2nd) | 6.317% (1st) | |
| 15 | April 9, 2021 | Letting Go (놓다) | 5.355% (4th) | 6.351% (4th) | |
| 16 | April 10, 2021 | Catch (잡다) | 5.991% (1st) | 6.666% (1st) | |
| Average | 4.716% | 5.500% | |||
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APAN Star Awards | 2022 | Best New Actress | Choi Sung-eun | Nominated | [19] |
| Baeksang Arts Awards | 2021 | Grand Prize | Beyond Evil | Nominated | [4] |
| Best Drama | Beyond Evil | Won | [20] | ||
| Best Director | Shim Na-yeon | Nominated | [21] | ||
| Best Screenplay | Kim Su-jin | Won | [20] | ||
| Best Actor | Shin Ha-kyun | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Choi Dae-hoon | Nominated | [21] | ||
| Best New Actress | Choi Sung-eun | Nominated | |||
| Technical Award (Cinematography) | Jang Jong-kyung | Nominated |
Beyond Evil has recently landed the J-drama adaptation, with no further news on which broadcasters nor the airing date was publicly announced.[23]
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