The Chronicles of Evil

The Chronicles of Evil
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Directed by	Beak Woon-hak
Produced by	Jang Won-seok Jeong Ui-seok
Written by	Beak Woon-hak
Starring	Son Hyun-joo Ma Dong-seok Choi Daniel Park Seo-joon
Music by	Hwang Sang-jun
Cinematography	Park Jong-chul Jung Chul-min
Edited by	Steve M. Choe
Production company	B.A. Entertainment
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release date	May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	US$3.4 million
Box office	US$14.9 million

The Chronicles of Evil (Hangul: 악의 연대기; RR: Akui Yeondaegi) is a 2015 South Korean thriller film written and directed by Beak Woon-hak (or Baek Woon-hak), starring Son Hyun-joo, Ma Dong-seok, Choi Daniel and Park Seo-joon.

Highly decorated homicide detective Choi Chang-sik has an enviable record and the respect of his peers. Days before a promotion, he dozes off on his way home after a celebratory drink with his colleagues. He wakes up to find that his taxi driver has taken him to a remote mountain trail and has pulled a knife on him. The two struggle, and Choi manages to kill the taxi driver in self-defense. Afraid that the incident would negatively impact his career, he covers up the crime scene and flees. The next day, the taxi driver's dead body has been strung up on a crane in front of the police station, and Choi is assigned to the case amidst widespread media attention. Choi's ordeal begins as he tries to misdirect the investigation and remove evidence, to the growing suspicion of rookie detective Cha Dong-jae. Then a man claiming to be the killer turns himself in and threatens to reveal the truth unless Choi reopens an old case.

The Chronicles of Evil was released in South Korean theaters on May 14, 2015. It opened at first place in the box office with 857,000 admissions in its first four days, grossing ₩6.91 billion (US$6.37 million). At the end of its run, it grossed a total of ₩17,361,815,332 (US$14,958,245) on 2,192,525 admissions.