
Empress Ki(2013)
A woman born in Korea navigates her way through love, war, politics and national loyalties to become a powerful empress in China's Yuan dynasty.


“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.

Lee Do-hyun
Hwang Hee-tae

Go Min-si
Kim Myeong-hee

Lee Sang-yi
Lee Soo-chan

Keum Sae-rok
Lee Soo-ryeon

Oh Man-seok
Hwang Gi-nam

Kim Won-hae
Kim Hyeon-cheol

Uhm Hyo-seop
Lee Chang-geun

Hwang Young-hee
Choi Soon-nyeo

Shim Yi Young
Song Hae-ryeong

Park Cheol-min
Choi Byeong-geol
Youth of May is a drama series that first aired in 2021 exploring themes of based on novel or book, romance, period drama, 1980s, gwangju uprising, gwangju. it stars Lee Do-hyun, Go Min-si, Lee Sang-yi. 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.
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