East of Eden (MBC)
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- Title: 에덴의 동쪽 / Edeonui Dongjjok
- Also known as: East of Eden, 伊甸園之東
- Genre: Action, romance
- Episodes: 56
- Broadcast network: MBC
- Broadcast period: 2008-Aug-25 to 2009-Mar-10
- Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
- Original Soundtrack: East of Eden OST
Synopsis
The drama will be about two men whose fates are crossed from the very first day that they were born. Both men were born in the same hospital. When he was a teenager, Lee Dong Chul witnessed the death of his father. From then on he promised to seek revenge on the man who caused his father's death, Shin Tae Hwan. But unbeknownst to everybody is the fact that Dong Chul's younger brother, Dong Wook, was switched at birth with Tae Hwan's son, Myung Hun. Dong Wook grows up to become a prosecutor and vows to help his brother seek revenge. But what happens when they find out that they're not brothers? What will Dong Chul do when he finds out that his real brother was raised by Shin Tae Hwan and that the brother that was beside him all these years is the son of his enemy?
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Cast
- Song Seung Hun as Lee Dong Chul
- Shin Dong Woo as Dong Chul (5 years old)
- Kim Bum as Dong Chul (15 years old)
- Yun Jung Hoon as Lee Dong Wook
- Park Gun Tae as Dong Wook (10 years old)
- Park Hae Jin as Shin Myung Hun
- Won Duk Hyun as Myung Hun (10 years old)
- Han Ji Hye as Kim Ji Hyun
- Nam Ji Hyun as Ji Hyun (10 years old)
- Lee Da Hae as Min Hye Rin
- Lee Yun Hee as Gook Young Ran / Grace
- Dennis Oh as Mike Packard
Extended Cast
- Jo Min Ki as Shin Tae Hwan (Myung Hun's father)
- Jung Yoon Suk as Yeon Sub (Myung Hun's son)
- Lee Mi Sook as Yang Chun Hee (Dong Chul and Dong Wook's mother)
- Lee Jong Won as Lee Gi Chul (Dong Chul and Dong Wook's father)
- Jun Mi Sun as Jung Ja (Gi Soon's mother)
- Park Hyun Sook as Yang Ok Hee (Chun Hee's sister)
- Jun So Min as Lee Gi Soon
- Jin Ji Hee as Gi Soon (9 years old)
- Kim Sung Kyum as President Oh
- Na Hyun Hee as Oh Yoon Hee
- Lee Won Jae as Kyung Tae
- Yoo Dong Geun as President Gook / Gook Dae Hwa (Young Ran's father)
- Shim Hye Jin as Young Ran's mother
- Yoon Dong Hwan as lawyer Kim Tae Seon
- Jung Hye Young as Janice / Jae Hee
- Park Ha Young as young Janice
- Shin Eun Jung as Yoo Mi Ae / Rebecca
- Hwang Jung Eum as Kim So Hyun
- Jun Sung Hwan as stationmaster Kim Gab Soo (Ji Hyun's grandfather)
- Lee Suk Joon as Father Han
- Kim Hyung Min as Wang Geon
- Go Yoon Hoo as Dok Sa
- Kwon Se In as young Dok Sa (10 years old)
- Park Chan Hwan as Chaeng
- Park Geun Hyung as President Min (Hye Rin's father)
- Jung Young Sook as Bae Hwa Mi (Mr. Min's wife)
- Jung So Young as Min Hye Ryung (Hye Rin's sister)
- Park Sung Woong as Baek Sung Hyun
- Kwak In Joon as Doctor Guk Hoe Jang
- Na Kwang Hoon (나광훈) as Na Kwang Hoon
- Kim Sung Hoon as Na Kwang Hoon acting chief
- Jang Moon Suk (장문석) as Park Ki Sub
- Kim Hak Chul
- Lee Hyo Jung
- Kang Eun Tak
- Han Young Kwang
- Lee Eun Mi (이은미)
- Moon Sung Hyuk (문성혁)
- Jun Jin Gi
- Fabien
- Lee Cham
- Song Seung Yong
Production Credits
- Production Company: Chorokbaem Media
- Chief Producer: So Won Young
- Producer: Jang Jae Hoon (장재훈)
- Director: Kim Jin Man, Choi Byung Gil
- Assistant Director: Jung Dae Yoon, Jung Ji In, Park Sang Hoon
- Screenwriter: Na Yun Sook, Lee Hong Goo
Recognitions
- 2009 17th Korean Culture Entertainment Awards: Talent Division (Song Seung Hun)
- 2008 2nd Korea Drama Awards:
- Best Actress (Han Ji Hye)
- Netizen Popularity Award (Kim Bum)
- 2008 MBC Drama Awards:
- Daesang (Grand Prize) (Song Seung Hun)
- Top Excellence Award - Actress (Lee Mi Sook)
- Excellence Award - Actor (Jo Min Ki)
- Excellence Award - Actress (Han Ji Hye)
- Best New Actor Award (Park Hae Jin)
- Best New Actress Award (Lee Yeon Hee)
- Golden Acting Award (Park Geun Hyung)
- Golden Acting Award (Yoo Dong Geun)
- Golden Acting Award (Shin Eun Jung)
- PD Award (Yun Jung Hoon)
- Special Child Actor Award (Park Gun Tae, Shin Dong Woo and Nam Ji Hyun)
- Best Couple Award (Song Seung Hun and Lee Yeon Hee)
- Popularity Award (Song Seung Hun)
- Popularity Award (Lee Yeon Hee)
- Writer of the Year Award (Na Yun Sook)
- 2008 10th Mnet KM Music Festival: Best OST Award - "Against Fate" (East of Eden OST) by SG Wannabe & Kim Jong Wook
Notes
- The filming took place in Hong Kong and Macau.
- This drama is a 18 billion won production.
Episode Ratings
See East of Eden/Episode Ratings
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