Youth of May
Title: 오월의 청춘 / Youth of May
Genre: Youth, Romance, Melodrama
Episodes: 12
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2021-May-03 to 2021-June-08
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:30 (2 episodes back-to-back)
Synopsis
Set in 1980 during the Gwangju Uprising, This drama tells the love story of a medical student Hwang Hee Tae (Lee Do Hyun) and a nurse Kim Myung Hee (Go Min Shi). Their love seems destined by fate.
Hee Tae is a medical student, who entered medical school at the top his class. He seems like an easygoing person, but he also has an unyielding spirit and obstinacy. Myung Hee has worked as a nurse for the past 3 years. She is a lovely person, who stands up against what is not fair.
Cast
Main Cast
Lee Do Hyun as Hwang Hee Tae
Go Min Shi as Kim Myung Hee
Lee Sang Yi as Lee Soo Chan
Geum Sae Rok as Lee Soo Ryun
Hee Tae’s family
Oh Man Suk as Hwang Ki Nam (Hee Tae’s father)
Shim Yi Young as Song Hae Ryung (Hee Tae’s step-mother)
Choi Seung Hoon as Hwang Jung Tae (Hee Tae’s younger half-brother)
Myung Hee’s family
Kim Won Hae as Kim Hyun Chul (Myung Hee’s father)
Hwang Young Hee as Choi Soon Nyeo (Myung Hee’s mother)
Jo Yi Hyun as Kim Myung Soo (Myung Hee’s younger brother)
Park Hye Jin as Myung Hee’s grandmother
Soo Chan & Soo Ryun’s family
Uhm Hyo Sup as Lee Chang Geun (Soo siblings’ father)
Kim Hyun (김현) as Soo sibling’s aunt
Hong Boo Hyang (홍부향) as housemaid
Pyunghwa ‘Peace’ Hospital
Park Chul Min as Choi Byung Gul
Kim Bo Jung as Kim Min Joo
Jang Won Hyuk (장원혁) as Yoo Byung Chul
Kim Yi Kyung as Oh In Young
Jin Tae Yun (진태연) as Lee Hyun Shim
Boarding House
Park Se Hyun as Lee Jin Ah
Heo Jung Do as Lee Kyung Pil (Jin Ah’s father)
Martial Law Soldiers
Kwon Young Chan (권영찬) as Kim Kyung Soo (private first class)
Kim Eun Soo (김은수) as Lee Kwang Kyu (corporal)
Noh Sang Bo (노상보) as Hong Sang Pyo (sergeant)
Pro-Democracy Demonstrators
Lee Kyu Sung as Jung Hye Kun
Joo Bo Young (주보영) as Park Sun Min
Kwon Hyuk Hyun (권혁현) as In Jae
Han Sa Myung (한사명) as Won Suk
Youth Sports Camp
Kim Tae Bum (김태범) as Park Dong Wook (coach)
Jung Joon (정준) as Jin Kyu
Koo Joon Woo (구준우) as Sung Il
Others
Lee Hwang Ui as Han Suk Joong
Choi Moon Soo (최문수) as Han Suk Joong’s wife
Jung Wook Jin (정욱진) as Choi Jung Haeng (policeman)
Production Credits
Production Companies: KBS Drama Production, Story Hunter Production
Screenwriter: Lee Kang
Director: Song Min Yup
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2021-05-03 | 1-1 | 4.8 | - | 4.4 | - |
| 2021-05-03 | 2-2 | 5.7 | - | 4.9 | - |
| 2021-05-04 | 2-1 | - | - | 3.7 | - |
| 2021-05-04 | 2-2 | 5.5 | - | 4.7 (20th) | - |
| 2021-05-10 | 3-1 | - | - | 4.0 | - |
| 2021-05-10 | 3-2 | 5.3 | - | 5.1 | - |
| 2021-05-11 | 4-1 | - | - | 3.2 | - |
| 2021-05-11 | 4-2 | 5.2 | - | 4.4 | - |
| 2021-05-17 | 5-1 | - | - | 3.8 | - |
| 2021-05-17 | 5-2 | 5.4 | - | 4.6 | - |
| 2021-05-18 | 6-1 | - | - | 4.0 | - |
| 2021-05-18 | 6-2 | 4.8 | - | 5.2 (17th) | 5.0 (18th) |
| 2021-05-24 | 7-1 | - | - | 4.2 | - |
| 2021-05-24 | 7-2 | 5.2 | - | 5.0 | - |
| 2021-05-25 | 8-1 | - | - | 4.3 | - |
| 2021-05-25 | 8-2 | 5.6 | - | 5.7 (12th) | 5.4 (12th) |
| 2021-05-31 | 9-1 | - | - | 4.0 | - |
| 2021-05-31 | 9-2 | 4.9 | - | 4.9 | - |
| 2021-06-01 | 10-1 | - | - | 4.4 | - |
| 2021-06-01 | 10-2 | 5.0 | - | 5.6 (13th) | 5.5 (12th) |
| 2021-06-07 | 11-1 | - | - | 4.5 | - |
| 2021-06-07 | 11-2 | 5.0 | - | 5.3 (18th) | - |
| 2021-06-08 | 12-1 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021-06-08 | 12-2 | - | - | 5.6 (11th) | 5.4 (16th) |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
Poster
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(Other Photo from Official Site)
Trailer:-
– Official Trailer
– Trailer I
– Trailer II
– Trailer III
– Trailer IV
– Trailer V
– Trailer VI
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May 10th, 2021 at 12:55 am
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June 9th, 2021 at 2:27 am
Love this drama❤️
It moves my heart
#Youthofmay
June 18th, 2021 at 4:38 am
Why the doctor is alway a male and the nurse a woman… Boring,
March 25th, 2022 at 11:43 pm
I like the main actor and actress and the 2 kids, but I do not like the storyline. And also a sad ending, waste of time watching luckily it is only 12 episodes