Korean drama "Youth of May," starring Lee Do Hyun, Go Min Si, Lee Sang Yi, and Geum Sae Rok, received a positive response on its premiere.
The much-awaited KBS2 drama, which recently premiered last May 3, garnered an average nationwide rating of 4.9 percent as cited by Nielsen Korea nationwide.
With the "Youth of May" viewership rating, the said figure was considered a good start for newly released evening dramas.
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"Youth of May" Episode 1 Highlights
The newly released drama wasted no time as it starts with a strong appearance from the "Sweet Home" cast who portrayed Hwang Hee-tae.
"Youth of May" episode 1 featured Hwang Hee-tae arriving with his posh car as he passed through a protest led by students. He then ends up selling his car alongside his sunglasses and guitar.
This is to pay for the ballooning hospital bills of his former girlfriend, who is at the intensive care unit. In one scene, she whispered a will to Hwang Hee-tae, saying, "I want to go home." This made him go back to his hometown in Gwangju.
At the time, the whole community was in the midst of demonstrations against the military.
There, Go Min Si, who plays a dedicated nurse, Kim Myung Hee, appeared curing the wounded protesters.
"Youth of May" episode 1 also showed the first encounter between Lee Do Hyun and Go Min Si's character.
Kim Myung Hee was dragged to the vice president's office of Gwangju Hospital, where Hwang Hee-tae was in, and complained that she was humiliating a patient.
At the time, she was only defending a colleague who was being sexually harassed by the patient.
At the office, Kim Myung Hee denied that she was disrespecting a patient. Hwang Hee-tae tried to intervene but saw that the female nurse could handle herself.
"Youth of May" Press Conference
A day before "Youth of May's" premiere, the whole cast and director Song Min Yeob held a press conference as they welcomed the debut of the dew drama.
In the event, the filmmaker shares that the KBS2 drama tackles "universal stories of love, sadness, and hate among young people" during the Gwangju Uprising, which is set in May 1980.
Moreover, Go Min Si added that she believes that "Youth of May" is a project destined for her since she always wanted to do a "period piece or a melodrama," adding "I felt that the character Kim Myung Hee gave me strength," she mentioned.
The "Love Alarm" actress and Lee Do Hyun previously starred in the hit Netflix series "Sweet Home," where they played siblings.
However, in their newest drama, they played the role of lovers caught up in complete chaos in society.
During the recently concluded press conference, she mentioned that she's "grateful and happy to be working" with his "Sweet Home" co-star and promised that viewers could see a "completely different kind of chemistry" between her and the "18 Again" star.
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Written by Geca Wills
