Product Details

• Actors: Song Seung-heon, Yeon Jung-hoon
• Directors: So Won Young
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
• Language: Korean
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 9
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: MBC America
• DVD Release Date: April 14, 2009
• Run Time: 1750 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0025AY3HO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,146 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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EAST OF EDEN V1 - DVD Movie

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Choose Licensed MBC America Release for Best Quality, January 5, 2010

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D. Bannon "The Elements of Subtitles" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: East of Eden Vol. 1 (DVD)

For the best audio and video quality with the original broadcast English subtitles, look for 'Studio: MBC America' under Product Details. MBC America is the licensed US distributor for East of Eden. MBC America works from the original MBC-TV master recordings and hires professional translators for the broadcast subtitles, which are also used for the DVD release. Each episode runs about 60 minutes. Volume 1 contains Episodes 1-25; East of Eden Vol. 2 contains Episodes 26-56 and special features.

D. Bannon was the subtitler for the MBC America broadcast and DVD release of East of Eden Vol. 2. He discusses subtitling episodes 33-56 of East of Eden in The Elements of Subtitles: A Practical Guide to the Art of Dialogue, Character, Context, Tone and Style in Subtitling.

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome..., September 5, 2011

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Herbert Quiong (New York) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: East of Eden Vol. 1 (DVD)

I'm pretty new to Korean Dramas...I admit I only have seen less than 10 dramas all together...East of Eden is by far my favorite. I have gone thru the first 25 episodes already, and man oh man this series is EPIC!!!. The first 10 episodes or so is so sad and heart warming at the same time, I cry in nearly every episode. I really don't know the history of South Korea also from 1960s till the Seoul Olympics in 1988 but East of Eden got me interested in this turbulent time in their history. The writers really did their research and put real life past events into the backdrop of this drama. The story revolves around 2 families. One rich and powerful the other poor, but gaining power thru the strong mother and the bravery and smarts of her two sons. I don't want to give any spoilers out but I really like it. The only bad side is sometimes the Mother is too harsh on the Dong Chul, some times I'm like oh come on give it a rest already. And the Shin family is unbelievably cruel, but its just a story :)...

The subtitles on this drama is excellent as well. The subtitles make sense and are coherent. I will buy more MBC made dramas in future. Avoid the cheap ones on ebay...Go pick this up its a great addition to anyone's library! There is also a special disk with cast interviews and and the making of.