Pearl Boy: Ignite the Dawn

For years, Baek Seung-Hyun existed in the margins—no more than a shadow, the deadly right hand of yakuza boss Shin Jae-Il. But Jae-Il is now married, and for the first time in what feels like forever, Seung-Hyun has been left behind. Adrift in the empty streets the night after the wedding, he crosses paths with Yuta—a fragile ghost from his days in Japan. What might have been a quiet drink and a muted reunion turns sharp in an instant. Yuta’s sweetness sours, his words find their mark, and before Seung-Hyun can grasp what is happening, everything begins to burn. Uninvited yet unstoppable, Yuta storms into his life, dragging with him the weight of old wounds and something far more perilous. As the hours stretch on, Seung-Hyun starts to dread that when dawn finally breaks, it will bring no light—only fire.