I. Introduction
Youth of May is a 2021 South Korean television series starring Lee Do-hyun, Go Min-si, Lee Sang-yi, and Keum Sae-rok. On October 6, 2020, Lee Do-hyun and Go Min-si's respective agencies announced that they were in talks for the lead roles which they were confirmed to star in the series on December 21. The drama is set in Gwangju, & most of dialogues are spoken in its dialect. It premiered on KBS2 on May 3, 2021, and aired on every Monday and Tuesday at 21:30 (KST) until June 8, 2021 for 12 episodes.
II. Synopsis
Hee Tae becomes the pride of Gwangju when he enters Seoul National University College of Medicine with top marks. His best friend Kyung Soo, an avid pro-democracy activist, insists that they open an illegal clinic for students on the run from the government. One day, a factory worker is injured during a protest. In exchange for the costs of discreetly transporting himself and the factory worker to his hometown, Hee Tae must go to a meeting with a potential marriage partner arranged by his father. At this meeting, Hee Tae meets Myung Hee, a nurse persevering through the hardships of life. She only agrees to go to this meeting in place of her friend Soo Ryeon, because she needs to come up with the airfare to go study in Germany. However, Myung Hee and Hee Tae end up falling in love. In May of 1980, amidst the heated passion and cries for democracy that reverberated throughout Gwangju, Hee Tae and Myung Hee find themselves in a twist of fate.
III. Trailers
IV. Episodes
V. OSTs
VI. Reception
KBS2's melodrama Youth of May averaged at 4.3% viewership nationwide with the highest of 5.7% at episode 8 &, the lowest of 3.2% at episode 4. Also, it has gotten the positive scores such as 8.6 at IMDB, 8.7 at Mydramalist &, 9.5 at Rakuten Viki.
