Youth of May (2021)

Name: Youth of May
Genre: Romance, Youth, Drama, Melodrama
Released: 2021
Cast: Nam Tae-woo, Rain, Lee Do-hyun, Uhm Hyo-seop, Shim Yi-young

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오월의 청춘 · A Juventude de Maio, May Youth, Owoleui Cheongchun, Owolui Cheongchun, Owolui Chungchoon, Oworui cheongchun, Youth in May, Майская молодёжь, شباب مايو, 五月の青春, Юность мая, Молодежь мая, Травнева Юність, Юність у травні

MyDramaList: 8.7

Genres: Romance Youth Drama Melodrama

Tags:

Star Crossed Lovers 1980s Tearjerker Rich Man/Poor Woman Gwangju Uprising Nice Male Lead

Country: South Korea

Type: Drama

Episodes: 12 × 1 hr. 10 min.

Aired: 3 May 2021 — 8 Jun 2021 (Monday, Tuesday)

Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Hee Tae, a top student at Seoul National University College of Medicine, becomes a local hero in Gwangju. His best friend Kyung Soo, a pro-democracy activist, persuades him to open an illegal clinic for students in hiding from the government. After a factory worker is injured during a protest, Hee Tae agrees to a meeting with a potential marriage partner arranged by his father, in exchange for help transporting himself and the worker. At the meeting, Hee Tae meets Myung Hee, a nurse struggling to afford her studies abroad. Despite their different backgrounds, they fall in love. In May 1980, amidst the Gwangju Uprising, their fates intertwine. ~~ Based on real events of the Gwangju Uprising that happened in the city of Gwangju, South Korea, from May 18 to May 27, 1980.