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Record of Youth

★ 7.2 5K votes 2020–2020 1 season · 16 episodes Ended tvN
K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 10/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 8/10Class divideWealth, poverty and the gulf between them.This show: 7/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 7/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Park Bo-gumPark So-damByeon Woo-seokKim Min-chulShin Dong-miJo Yoo-jung
Starring
Park Bo-gumPark So-damByeon Woo-seokKim Min-chulShin Dong-miJo Yoo-jung
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
020406080

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About

"Ambition, class, and friendship under industry lights"

Four young Koreans chase careers in modeling, acting, and photography while navigating money, family pressure, and the entertainment industry's harsh gatekeeping. At its center is a rising actor whose talent outpaces his connections, and the makeup artist he falls for despite their different social footing. The show moves at a gentle, melodramatic pace, leaning on quiet friendship scenes and slow-burn romance rather than plot twists. It's less about surprises and more about watching likable young people stumble toward adulthood, with fashion-world texture and a wistful, bittersweet tone throughout.

Watch it for

the tender, slow-building chemistry between two leads from very different social worlds.

Maybe skip if

you want fast plotting rather than an unhurried, feelings-first character study.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12020
8.68731619h 22m
Two actors and a makeup artist fight to make their own way in a world that weighs the backgrounds they were born into more than their dreams.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.18.3
8072 min
▶2Episode #1.28.6
7077 min
▶3Episode #1.38.8
6168 min
▶4Episode #1.49.0
6374 min
▶5Episode #1.58.9
5567 min
▶6Episode #1.68.9
6081 min
▶7Episode #1.78.9
5377 min
▶8Episode #1.88.7
5477 min
▶9Episode #1.98.8
5578 min
▶10Episode #1.108.9
5070 min
▶11Episode #1.118.5
4667 min
▶12Episode #1.128.4
4569 min
▶13Episode #1.138.5
4369 min
▶14Episode #1.148.5
4570 min
▶15Episode #1.158.4
4369 min
▶16Episode #1.168.1
5077 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Park Bo-gum Sa Hye-joon
Park So-dam Ahn Jeong-ha
Byeon Woo-seok Won Hae-hyo
Kim Min-chul Chi-yeong
Shin Dong-mi Lee Min-jae
Jo Yoo-jung Won Hae-na
Kwon Soo-Hyeon Kim Jin Woo
Park Soo-young Sa Young-nam
Bae Yoon-kyoung Kim Soo-man
Han Jin-hee Sa Min-ki

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