This article examines how Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Evil Does Not Exist (2023) constructs a conflict irreducible to good and evil. Drawing on Harvey and Massey, it analyzes relations among capital, residents, and the non-human around the village, and how the film's form, resisting easy signification and identification, mirrors this complexity. Rather than locating evil, the film reveals unresolved conflict and directs viewers beyond the screen.

Nayoung Choi is an M.A. student at the Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film, Chung-Ang University, majoring in Film/Multimedia: Film, Animation & Media Studies. With a background in film directing, NaYoung Choi has experienced various sides of cinema, from film production to festival organizing, and is now pursuing the study of film theory.