Eyes of Dawn

*Eyes of Dawn*
Eyes of Dawn
Also known as	Years of Upheaval
Hangul	여명의 눈동자
Hanja	黎明의 눈瞳子
Revised Romanization	Yeomyeong-ui Nundongja
Genre	Epic; Period drama; Drama; Romance;
Based on	Eyes of Dawn; by Kim Seong-jong [ko]
Written by	Song Ji-na
Directed by	Kim Jong-hak
Starring	Chae Shi-ra; Park Sang-won; Choi Jae-sung;
Opening theme	여는 곡 Main title Love Theme
Ending theme	닫는 곡 End Title Love Theme
Composer	Choi Gyeong-sik
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	37
Production
Executive producer	Lee Kang-hoon
Producer	Choi Jong-soo
Production locations	South Korea; Harbin; Philippines;
Cinematography	Im Yi-rang; Han Suk-dong; Seo Deuk-won; Jo Su-hyeon;
Editor	Jo In-hyeong
Running time	50 minutes
Original release
Network	MBC TV
Release	October 7, 1991 –; February 6, 1992

Eyes of Dawn (Korean: 여명의 눈동자) is a South Korean television series starring Chae Shi-ra, Park Sang-won and Choi Jae-sung. Directed by Kim Jong-hak and written by Song Ji-na based on the 10-volume novel of the same name by Kim Seong-jong [ko] (published in 1981), the story spans the years from the Japanese colonial period to World War II, Korea's liberation and the Korean War.^[1]^[2]^[3]

With a budget of ₩7.2 billion, overseas shoots in China and the Philippines, over 270 actors and 21,000 extras, Eyes of Dawn was one of the first Korean dramas to be shot in its entirety before broadcast and the largest scale Korean television production of its time.^[4] It aired on MBC from October 7, 1991, to February 6, 1992, for 36 episodes, and reached a peak viewership rating of 58.4%, making it the 9th highest-rated Korean drama of all time.^[5]^[6] In 1992, MBC sold Eyes of Dawn to the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, becoming the first Korean drama exported to a European country.^[7]^: 25

Cast

Chae Shi-ra as Yoon Yeo-ok
Park Sang-won as Jang Ha-rim
Choi Jae-sung as Choi Dae-chi
Choi Bool-am as Yoon Hong-chul, Yeo-ok's father
Park Geun-hyung as Choi Du-il (Suzuki)
Lee Jung-gil as Kim Ki-mun
Jang Hang-sun as OOE Oh Jang
Park In-hwan as Private Gu Bo-da
Im Hyun-sik as Hwang Sung-chul
Kim Heung-ki as Daewi Mida Yoshinori
Han Cha-dol as Choi Dae-woon, Dae-chi and Yeo-ok's son
Oh Yeon-soo as Bong-soon
Go Hyun-jung as Ahn Myeong-ji
Choi Hyun-mi as Lee Kyeong-ae
Shim Yang-hong as Lawyer Park Chang-seok
Nam Sung-hoon as Baek In-soo
Lee Chang-hwan as President Syngman Rhee
Min Ji-hwan as Unit 731 director Shirō Ishii
Kim Ki-joo as 15th Army commander Renya Mutaguchi
Kim Du-sam as "Maruta" military police
Kim Dong-hyun as Jang Kyung-rim, Ha-rim's older brother
Kim So-won as Ha-rim and Kyung-rim's mother
Ahn Hye-sook as Kyung-rim's wife
Cheon Woon as General Hwang
Kim In-moon as Lee Min-seob
Gook Jeong-hwan as Kim Deok-jae
Shin Dong-hoon as Leader
Park Yong-soo as Lee Joo-hwan
Byun Hee-bong as Park Chun-geum
Hong Sung-min as Kwak Chun-bu
Lee Won-jae as Jo Gwi-mun
Kim Young-ok as Elder Kim
Kim Ji-young as Miss Ahn
Choi Sang-hoon as General Kim
Chung Jin as Go Chang-dae
Nam Po-dong as Bu Tae-jong
Yoo Seung-bong as Kim Jeong-sik
Lee Dae-ro as Ahn Jae-hong
Choi Myung-soo as Jo Byung-ok
Park Woong as Noh Il-young
Lee Hyo-jung as Kim Ik-ryul
Choi Byung-hak as Chief of police Moon
Park Young-ji as Detective Oh
Kim Young-seok as Constable Song
Park Se-joon as Lieutenant Moon
Jung Dong-hwan as Prosecutor Kim Seung-won
Jung Han-heon as Nishihara
Kim Hong-seok as Oowaku
Im Dae-ho as Kenji
Yoon Cheol-hyeong as Unit 731 lieutenant Tamura
Lee Hee-do as Unit 731 private Ohara
Hong Soon-chang as Unit 731 동물반 Isaki
Yoon Moon-sik as Go-ga
Jung Sung-mo as Lee Sung-do
Jung Ho-keun as Kwon Dong-jin
Jung Myung-hwan as Kang Gyun
Song Kyung-chul as OSS agent Park Il-guk
Kim Joo-young as Seo Kang-cheon
Kim Hyun-joo as Ga Jeuk-ko, Ha-rim's lover and boarding house owner
Jeon Mi-seon as Oh Soon-ae
Lee Young-dal as Soon-ae's grandfather
Kim Na-woon as Mae-ran
Kwak Jin-young as Im Gap-saeng
Jung Ok-seon as Mr. Go's wife
Lee Sung-woong as Japanese 고등계 detective Yamada
Maeng Sang-hoon as Konno
Lee Mi-kyung as Hanako
Kwon Eun-ah as Min-hee
Kim Gil-ho as Ga Jeuk-ko's father
Nam Young-jin as Kwon Joong-gu
Hwang Beom-sik as Choi Sung-geun
Im Moon-soo as Communist Party official
Kim Ki-hyun as Kim Ki-mun
Noh Young-guk as Kim Ho
Han Suk-kyu as Young man from Seobuk
Im Chang-jung as Gil-soo
Na Young-jin as People's Commissar
Hong Seong-seon as Young man with armband
Seo Young-ae as Sang-beom's woman
Moon Mi-bong as Old woman Kim
Dennis Christen as 아얄티 lieutenant colonel
Han Eun-jin as Old woman Geum
Kim Yoon-hyeong as General Kim
Park Young-tae as Han Kyu-hee
Kim Dong-wan as Unit 731 surgeon
Han Tae-il as Unit 731 daewi
Yoo Toong as Unit 58 headquarters staff member
Lee Chi-woo as Sergeant
Cha Jae-hong as Detective Kang
Ahn Jin-soo as Choi Cheon
Kim Myung-soo as Jong-hoon
Park Kyung-hyun as Interrogator Uhm
Lee Kwang-hoon as OSS officer
Hong Seung-ok as Sung-chul's wife
Yoo Myung-soon as Il-gook's mother
Park Jong-seol as Japanese military police 빨치산
Oh Seung-myung as Commissary director
Hwang Yoon-geol as Communist Party member
Lee Byung-sik as Communist Party interrogator 1
Kim Dong-hyun as Communist Party interrogator 2
Shim Woo-chang as Communist Party member
Lee Seong-ho as Communist Party member
Cha Yoon-hee as Man on Jeju Island
Park Hyeong-joon as Young man at anti-privatization protest
Gu Bo-seok as Partisan worker

Awards

1991 MBC Drama Awards

Top Excellence Award, Actor: Choi Jae-sung
Top Excellence Award, Actress: Chae Shi-ra

1992 Baeksang Arts Awards

Technical Award: Jo Su-hyeon
Most Popular Actor (TV): Park Sang-won
Best Actor (TV): Choi Jae-sung
Best Actress (TV): Chae Shi-ra
Best Director (TV): Kim Jong-hak
Best Drama
Grand Prize (Daesang) for TV

1992 Korean Broadcasting Awards

Best Drama

References

^ 여명의 눈동자 세트. Interpark Books (in Korean). Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ '여명의 눈동자'작가 김성종 울산온다. Ulsan Press (in Korean). July 22, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ Kim, Tong-hyung (July 23, 2013). "Director of Hourglass commits suicide". The Korea Times. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ "The Eye of Dawn Limited Edition (English Subtitled) (MBC TV Series)". YesAsia. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ "Top 50 highest-rated TV dramas of all time". Electric Ground. December 8, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ "The Sandglass Voted Best Korean Soap Since 1980". The Chosun Ilbo. February 11, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
^ Beng Huat Chua; Kōichi Iwabuchi, eds. (2008). East Asian pop culture : analysing the Korean wave. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8052-22-6. JSTOR j.ctt1xwb6n. OCLC 650784863.

External links

[1] 여명의 눈동자 세트. Interpark Books (in Korean). Retrieved July 18, 2014.

[2] '여명의 눈동자'작가 김성종 울산온다. Ulsan Press (in Korean). July 22, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2014.

[3] Kim, Tong-hyung (July 23, 2013). "Director of Hourglass commits suicide". The Korea Times. Retrieved July 18, 2014.

[4] "The Eye of Dawn Limited Edition (English Subtitled) (MBC TV Series)". YesAsia. Retrieved July 18, 2014.

[5] "Top 50 highest-rated TV dramas of all time". Electric Ground. December 8, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2014.

[6] "The Sandglass Voted Best Korean Soap Since 1980". The Chosun Ilbo. February 11, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2014.

[:2-7] Beng Huat Chua; Kōichi Iwabuchi, eds. (2008). East Asian pop culture : analysing the Korean wave. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8052-22-6. JSTOR j.ctt1xwb6n. OCLC 650784863.

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Baeksang Arts Award Grand Prize – Television
1970s	- (1974)^* - (1975)^* - (1976)^* - (1977)^* - (1978)^* Kim Hye-ja, Jung Hye-sun and Kim Young-ok (I Sell Happiness) (1979)
1980s	Kim Min-ja (A Lonely Affair) (1980) Ulhwa (1981) A Life-sized Buddha (1982) Winds of Change (1983) The Five Indian Kingdoms (1984) Korea's Butterflies (1985) Shin Bong-seung (500 Years of Joseon Dynasty) (1986) The Boil (1987) Love and Ambition (1988) Kim Hye-ja (Winter Mist and Sand Castle) (1989)
1990s	Peace, the Arduous Way to Go and Tree Blooming with Love (1990) The Second Republic (1991) Eyes of Dawn (1992) Go Doo-shim (My Husband's Woman) and Kim Hee-ae (Sons and Daughters) (1993) Park Chul (My Mother's Sea) (1994) Sandglass (1995) Korea's Reptiles (1996) The Most Beautiful Goodbye (1997) Lee Jang-soo (Offspring) (1998) Jang Soo-bong (When Time Flows) (1999)
2000s	Kuk-hee (2000) Kim Soo-hyun (The Aspen Tree) (2001) Taejo Wang Geon (2002) All In (2003) Kim Hee-ae (Perfect Love) (2004) Lovers in Paris (2005) My Lovely Sam Soon (2006) Jumong (2007) Kang Ho-dong (2 Days & 1 Night) (2008) Kim Hye-ja (Mom's Dead Upset) (2009)
2010s	Go Hyun-jung (Queen Seondeok) (2010) Hyun Bin (Secret Garden) (2011) Deep Rooted Tree (2012) Yoo Jae-suk (Infinite Challenge, Running Man and Happy Together) (2013) Jun Ji-hyun (My Love from the Star) (2014) Na Yeong-seok (Grandpas Over Flowers and Three Meals a Day) (2015) Descendants of the Sun (2016) Kim Eun-sook (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God) (2017) Stranger (2018) Kim Hye-ja (The Light in Your Eyes) (2019)
2020s	When the Camellia Blooms (2020) Yoo Jae-suk (Hangout with Yoo, Sixth Sense) (2021) Squid Game (2022) Park Eun-bin (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) (2023)
^* awarded to theatrical play or film