Jeongnyeon: The Star Is Born
In the 1950s, just after the Korean War, Jeong-nyeon is a girl with a natural gift for singing. She joins the Yeoseong Gukgeuk troupe and comes of age among its performers, setting out to grow as an artist on stage.
K-dramas & movies: Coming of age
53 titles, most popular first
Theme: Coming of age
My First Time
Six young people use the rooftop of Tae-oh's house as their hideout, gathering there to escape and share their lives. Each of them carries a story of their own, and the series follows them as they stumble through love, friendship and growing up.
Oasis
Set in South Korea during the turbulent 1980s and 1990s, this series follows three young people as they fight hard to hold on to their dreams, to their friendship, and to the single first love that ties them together.
Hello, My Twenties! 2
Five young women share a house called Belle Epoque. This slice-of-life story follows how they grow close while working through the struggles of being young, including problems many people of their generation in South Korea face.
Way Back Love
Jeong Hee-wan, 24, has been living shut away from the world with no will to go on. Then her childhood friend and first love, Kim Ram-woo, appears before her as a grim reaper and tells her she has only one week left to live.