East of Eden
Title: 에덴의 동쪽 / East of Eden
Chinese title : 伊甸园东
Genre: Action, romance
Episodes: 56
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2008-Aug-25 to 2009-March-10
Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)
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?
Cast
Song Seung Hun as Lee Dong Chul
Yun Jung Hoon as Lee Dong Wook
Park Hae Jin as Shin Myung Hun
Lee Da Hae as Min Hye Rin
Lee Yeon Hee as Gook Young Ran / Grace
Han Ji Hye as Kim Ji Hyun
Dennis Oh as Mike
Extended Cast
Shin Dong Woo as young Dong Chul (5 years old)
Kim Bum as young Dong Chul (15 years old)
Park Gun Tae as young Dong Wook (10 years old)
Won Duk Hyun as young Myung Hun (10 years old)
Nam Ji Hyun as young Ji Hyun (10 years old)
Jo Min Ki as Shin Tae Hwan (Myung Hun’s father)
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 Ok Hee
Jun So Min as Gi Soon
Jin Ji Hee as young 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
Shin Eun Jung as Yoo Mi Ae / Rebecca
Jun Sung Hwan as stationmaster Kim Gab Soo (Ji Hyun’s grandfather)
Lee Suk Joon as Father Han
Kim Hyung Min as Wang Geon
Lee Sang Hoon 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 Park Sung Hyun
Jung Yoon Suk as Yeon Sub
Production Credits
Production Company: Chorokbaem Media
Producer: Kim Jin Man, Choi Byung Gil (최병길)
Screenwriter: Na Yun Sook, Lee Hong Ku
Director: So Won Young (소원영)
Awards
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Grand Prize (Song Seung Hun)
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Female Top Excellence Award (Lee Mi Sook)
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Male Excellence Award (Jo Min Ki)
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Female Excellence Award (Han Ji Hye)
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Male Newcomer Award (Park Hae Jin)
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Female Newcomer Award (Lee Yeon Hee)
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award (Park Geun Hyung)
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award (Yoo Dong Geun}
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Golden Acting Award (Shin Eun Jung)
2008 MBC Drama Awards: PD Award (Yun Jung Hoon)
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Special Child Actor Award (Park Gun Tae, Shin Dong Woo, & Nam Ji Hyun)
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Song Seung Hun & Lee Yeon Hee)
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Popular Actor Award (Song Seung Hun)
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Popular Actress Award Lee Yeon Hee)
2008 MBC Drama Awards: Writer of the Year Award (Na Yun Sook)
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-08-25 | Special | 6.2 | (<8.0) |
| 2008-08-26 | 1 | 11.3 (8th) | 11.6 (8th) |
| 2008-08-26 | 2 | 12.1 (5th) | 12.8 (5th) |
| 2008-09-01 | 3 | 15.6 (4th) | 16.5 (4th) |
| 2008-09-02 | 4 | 17.8 (3rd) | 18.8 (3rd) |
| 2008-09-08 | 5 | 18.6 (5th) | 20.1 (4th) |
| 2008-09-08 | 6 | 21.0 (2nd) | 23.0 (2nd) |
| 2008-09-15 | 7 | 19.7 (3rd) | 20.4 (2nd) |
| 2008-09-16 | 8 | 26.3 (2nd) | 28.4 (1st) |
| 2008-09-22 | 9 | 25.8 (2nd) | 27.6 (2nd) |
| 2008-09-23 | 10 | 25.2 (2nd) | 27.0 (2nd) |
| 2008-09-29 | 11 | 26.5 (2nd) | 27.4 (2nd) |
| 2008-09-30 | 12 | 26.7 (2nd) | 28.3 (1st) |
| 2008-10-06 | 13 | 24.7 (2nd) | 26.3 (2nd) |
| 2008-10-07 | 14 | 26.0 (2nd) | 27.6 (2nd) |
| 2008-10-13 | 15 | 25.0 (2nd) | 26.4 (2nd) |
| 2008-10-14 | 16 | 26.0 (2nd) | 27.1 (1st) |
| 2008-10-20 | 17 | 28.7 (1st) | 30.5 (1st) |
| 2008-10-21 | 18 | 26.0 (2nd) | 27.6 (1st) |
| 2008-10-27 | 19 | 23.6 (2nd) | 25.4 (2nd) |
| 2008-10-28 | 20 | 25.2 (2nd) | 26.9 (2nd) |
| 2008-11-03 | 21 | 25.0 (2nd) | 26.9 (2nd) |
| 2008-11-04 | 22 | 24.7 (2nd) | 26.5 (2nd) |
| 2008-11-10 | 23 | 22.8 (2nd) | 24.2 (2nd) |
| 2008-11-11 | 24 | 24.5 (2nd) | 26.4 (2nd) |
| 2008-11-17 | 25 | 23.9 (2nd) | 25.8 (2nd) |
| 2008-11-18 | 26 | 25.9 (2nd) | 27.5 (2nd) |
| 2008-11-24 | 27 | 24.5 (2nd) | 26.5 (2nd) |
| 2008-11-25 | 28 | 25.2 (2nd) | 27.5 (2nd) |
| 2008-12-01 | 29 | 27.3 (2nd) | 29.9 (2nd) |
| 2008-12-02 | 30 | 28.1 (2nd) | 30.2 (2nd) |
| 2008-12-08 | 31 | 27.5 (2nd) | 29.2 (2nd) |
| 2008-12-09 | 32 | 28.5 (2nd) | 30.1 (2nd) |
| 2008-12-15 | 33 | 29.6 (2nd) | 32.1 (2nd) |
| 2008-12-16 | 34 | 32.3 (2nd) | 35.1 (2nd) |
| 2008-12-22 | 35 | 28.1 (2nd) | 29.3 (2nd) |
| 2008-12-23 | 36 | 31.1 (2nd) | 33.1 (2nd) |
| 2009-01-05 | 37 | 28.0 (3rd) | 30.3 (3rd) |
| 2009-01-06 | 38 | 28.2 (3rd) | 30.0 (3rd) |
| 2009-01-12 | 39 | 25.7 (3rd) | 27.1 (2nd) |
| 2009-01-13 | 40 | 28.4 (2nd) | 30.0 (2nd) |
| 2009-01-19 | 41 | 25.1 (2nd) | 26.9 (2nd) |
| 2009-01-20 | 42 | 26.5 (2nd) | 27.8 (2nd) |
| 2009-01-26 | 43 | 17.5 (2nd) | 17.8 (2nd) |
| 2009-01-27 | 44 | 21.8 (3rd) | 22.4 (3rd) |
| 2009-02-02 | 45 | 23.3 (3rd) | 24.4 (3rd) |
| 2009-02-03 | 46 | 25.5 (3rd) | 26.9 (3rd) |
| 2009-02-09 | 47 | 24.4 (3rd) | 25.2 (3rd) |
| 2009-02-10 | 48 | 25.9 (3rd) | 27.0 (3rd) |
| 2009-02-16 | 49 | 23.8 (3rd) | 25.0 (3rd) |
| 2009-02-17 | 50 | 27.0 (3rd) | 28.2 (3rd) |
| 2009-02-23 | 51 | 23.2 (3rd) | 23.9 (3rd) |
| 2009-02-24 | 52 | 25.6 (3rd) | 27.0 (3rd) |
| 2009-03-02 | 53 | 25.9 (2nd) | 27.0 (2nd) |
| 2009-03-03 | 54 | 24.5 (3rd) | 24.1 (3rd) |
| 2009-03-09 | 55 | 25.8 (4th) | 27.3 (4th) |
| 2009-03-10 | 56 | 30.1 (3rd) | 32.7 (2nd) |
Source: TNS Media Korea
July 10th, 2010 at 9:22 am
i have my original dvd of east of eden cost 400 pesos but its really worth it. i love song seung hun
July 8th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
i love dong chul and young ran
July 4th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
I bought this dvd drama about 1 year ago and start to watched about few months ago…b’coz of my jobs, I’m not finish watch it yet. And still don’t know how the end is..I feel so curious to know bout the story…but, every time I continue to watching, it makes me going crazy too…I cried so much until I can’t breath…Oh no, how could be their fate are going like this…Poor Lee dong chul, lee dong wook, shin myung hun and both of their mother….Hate Shin Tae hwan and nurse yoo mi ae/rebecca…This is the best another touching drama I’ve ever seen after the kingdom of the wind, chuno, the legend/the story of the first’s king four gods, jewel in the palace, l’m sorry I love you, winter sonata, endless love, stairway to heaven….4 thumb up for this drama……….
July 3rd, 2010 at 7:33 am
i really like this drama
June 28th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
i don’t lyk the later part when lee dae hee suddenly dissappeared. . . actually, the reason for me watching this was because of lee dae hee. . .
i tink the original role of lee dae hee was torn between the brothers. . .dong wook and dong chul. . .it was supposedly love triangle. . .
June 28th, 2010 at 2:48 am
And the Oscar goes to Song Seung Hun. Plus best Picture, Director, scriptwriter. Drama of the year, etc. My cup runneth over.
June 24th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
the story i good,, love it,,
June 24th, 2010 at 8:53 am
i agree this is one of the best story ever told……power house cast….superb….wish that people will reconized east of eden more….
June 23rd, 2010 at 1:02 pm
i like korean drama…
i wanna watch this.. ^^
June 22nd, 2010 at 9:36 am
i like this drama…
June 20th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
beutyfull sucessfull very beutyfull korean drama
June 7th, 2010 at 12:29 am
i really don’t know why this drama is not famous in this website.
it’s just the best drama everrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
June 1st, 2010 at 8:08 pm
the cast was perfect
May 28th, 2010 at 12:32 am
east of eden is my most favourite drama of all time!!!
no other drama can replace this one!
love the cast so much!
May 27th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
the love between lee dong chul and guk ja is unique
in no other drama you can feel the love so much!!!
May 27th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
its still my no.1 drama!!!!
May 27th, 2010 at 12:38 am
i love this drama..it makes me happy to know that there are still people like me who can´t forget this drama!
i think the reason is that we were all so touched by the story and i especially loved the chemistry of lee dong chul and grace
so wonderful!!!!!!!!
May 25th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
is the great drama^^
east of eden^^
lee dong chul n guk ja….
May 24th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
this drama really made me cry so much. I was so touch with the stories and all the actors and actresses are very good. They protray well their character!!!
definitely one of the best drama in my list!!!
May 23rd, 2010 at 12:18 pm
heheheh…
May 22nd, 2010 at 7:12 am
BEST DRAMA
May 21st, 2010 at 3:50 am
really?
May 19th, 2010 at 5:51 am
even so i cried so much while wathcing this drama
it it still my most favourite one!