Youth of May (2021)

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I don't want this May to pass by without you.

A budding love story between a medical student and a nurse takes place in May 1980, during a time of civil unrest and military oppression in Gwangju.

• Released: 2021-05-03
• Genres: Drama
• Seasons: 1, 12 episodes
• Episode length: 1h 0m
• Network: wavve, KBS2
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 8.1/10 from 59 votes

Created by Lee Kang, Song Min-yeop.

Top cast

• Lee Do-hyun as Hwang Hee-tae
• Go Min-si as Kim Myeong-hee
• Lee Sang-yi as Lee Soo-chan
• Keum Sae-rok as Lee Soo-ryeon
• Oh Man-seok as Hwang Gi-nam
• Kim Won-hae as Kim Hyeon-cheol
• Uhm Hyo-seop as Lee Chang-geun
• Hwang Young-hee as Choi Soon-nyeo
• Shim Yi-young as Song Hae-ryeong
• Park Cheol-min as Choi Byeong-geol

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Youth of May

• United States: stream on OnDemandKorea, Kocowa Amazon Channel, Kocowa
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Kocowa
• India: stream on Netflix; watch free on Zee5
• Canada: stream on Kocowa
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Kocowa

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