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East of Eden (2008)

East of Eden poster
Original title
에덴의 동쪽
Directed by
Kim Jin Man, Choi Byung Gil
Cast
Song Seung Hun, Shin Dong Woo, Kim Bum, Yun Jung Hoon, Park Gun Tae, Park Hae Jin, Won Duk Hyun, Han Ji Hye
Genre
drama television series
Country
South Korea
Length
1 season, 56 episodes
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family saga about two brothers whose lives split apart after their father is killed. One brother gets pulled into the criminal underworld while the other rises as a lawyer.

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What happens

East of Eden (Korean: 에덴의 동쪽; RR: Edenui dongjjok) 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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