East of Eden (South Korean TV series)

East of Eden
Promotional poster for East of Eden
Genre
Written by
  • Na Yeon-sook (Ep.1 - Ep.35, Ep.37 - Ep.56)
  • Lee Hong-ku(Ep. 36)
Directed by
  • Kim Jin-man
  • Choi Byeong-kil
Starring
Music byKim Soo-han
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes56
Production
Executive producerSo Won-young
Producers
  • Kim Kwang-soo
  • Kim Kwang-il
  • Kim Ki-bum
Production locations
  • South Korea
  • Hong Kong
  • Macau
  • Philippines
Cinematography
  • Ha Jae-young
  • Jung Seung-woo
EditorBae Hee-kyung
Production companies
Budget₩25 billion
Original release
NetworkMBC TV
ReleaseAugust 25, 2008 (2008-08-25) 
March 10, 2009 (2009-03-10)
Korean name
Hangul
에덴의 동쪽
Hanja
에덴의
Revised RomanizationEden-ui Dong-jjok
McCune–ReischauerEten-ŭi Tong-tchok

East of Eden (Korean: 에덴의 동쪽; RR: Eden-ui Dong-jjok) is a 2008 South Korean television series, starring Song Seung-heon, Yeon Jung-hoon, Lee Da-hae, Han Ji-hye, Park Hae-jin and Lee Yeon-hee. It was produced by Chorokbaem Media as a 47th Anniversary Special Project Drama for MBC, on which it aired from August 25, 2008, to March 10, 2009, on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 56 episodes. The ₩25 billion drama tells the story of the brothers Dong-chul (Song) and Dong-wook (Yeon). Their fates diverge after the murder of their coal miner father, with one joining the mob and the other becoming a successful lawyer.