Song Joong-ki and Chun Woo-hee Reunite in JTBC’s New Romance Drama 'My Youth'
Jul 31, 2025
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JTBC's new Friday series 'My Youth' (written by Park Si-hyun, directed by Lee Sang-yeop, produced by Ha Ji-eum Studio) is an emotional melodrama between Sun Woo-hae (Song Joong-ki), who started his normal life a little later than others, and his first love Sung Je-yeon (Cheon Woo-hee), who unexpectedly shook his calmness.
Ahead of the first broadcast on September 5, the production team unveiled the script reading site that raised the emotional temperature.
'My Youth' tells the story of reclaiming my pieces one by one, which I have forgotten through the brilliant feelings of my first love I faced after I became an adult. Director Lee Sang-yeop, who was recognized for his delicate directing skills with "Yumi's Cells" and writer Park Si-hyun, who showed sensuous lines with "Run On", are in harmony.
Song Joong-ki plays Sun Woo-hae, a florist from a child who burned his prime too early. He is a person who has lived on his knees in reality after a short success, and when he barely regained the balance of his life, he is shaken by reuniting with his first love. At the script reading site, Song Joong-ki added the depth of the character with delicate performances that exchanged calm and excitement.
Chun Woo-hee played Sung Je-yeon, a professional in work but poor manager in front of love. It is a character who awakens feelings that he has forgotten through his first love, Sun Woo-hae, whom he accidentally encountered again while living a daily life that is not special. Chun Woo-hee increased her immersion by building up emotions in each scene.
The two actors accurately captured the emotion line with each line and each eye and drew a strong emotional theme of 'First Love Reunion'. "At that moment, the emotions that had stopped burst outAs the production team said, their detailed acting colored the reading scene with excitement.
Lee Joo-myung and Seo Ji-hoon predicted another chemistry. Lee Ju-myeong plays Mo Tae-rin, a four-dimensional actor who is honest with her emotions, and Seo Ji-hoon plays Kim Seok-joo, her first love and brother of Sun Woo-hae. The two actors, who foreshadowed a bouncing romance and a strange romance, drew attention with their conflicting charms.
Jin-kyung appears as Kim Pil-du, the CEO of a success-oriented entertainment company and Kim Seok-ju's mother, leading the tension of the play. Cho Han-chul is a romantic poet and immature father Sun Woo-chan, drawing real laughter. Yoon Byung-hee is Lee Kun-no, the childhood friend of the main character, and Lee Bong-ryeon is energized by the passionate team leader, Han Dong-na.
The production team said "My Youth" is a story of a moment that bloomed again, which I thought had already passed. Please look forward to the youth's harmony and love that other actors will complete," he said.
JTBC's Friday series 'My Youth' will premiere at 8:50 p.m. on September 5.
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