Gong Yoo and Kim Go-eun star in Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, a film about a May-December romance (known as ahjussi-sonyeo in Korean). Photo: Handout
Mr. Sunshine, Goblin and 3 other Korean May-to-December romances that helped turn Gong Yoo, Hyun Bin and Lee Byung-hun into ahjussi-sonyeo heartthrobs
Many K-dramas – such as Memories of the Alhambra, starring Yoo Jin-woo and Park Shin-hye; and My Mister, starring K-pop’s IU – have ahjussi-sonyeo (May-to-December) romance themes
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Gong Yoo and Kim Go-eun star in Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, a film about a May-December romance (known as ahjussi-sonyeo in Korean). Photo: Handout