Yeonok – The Final ‘Jeonghwa’

Project Overview

Title: Yeon-ok: The Final Purification
Genre: Noir / Crime Drama / Revenge Drama
Format: Feature Film (Approx. 120 minutes)
Producer: Seed Film
Estimated Budget: Approx. 3 billion KRW (≈ 2.2 million USD)
Target Audience: Adults aged 20–40

Synopsis

In the shadowy underbelly of Incheon, a seedy nightclub thrives beneath the neon lights. It is ruled by Park Ki-hoon, a brutal gang enforcer whose fists and fear keep the place alive. Yet, beneath his violent exterior lies an oddly disarming code of loyalty—he is ruthless, but never careless with the women around him. His world, however, is built on cracks, and it is only a matter of time before it begins to collapse.

Into this den walks Yeon-ok. Quiet, composed, and haunted, she is unlike the others who work the floor. Her stoic gaze hides a darkness Ki-hoon cannot ignore. Drawn to her presence, he begins to protect her, intrigued by the mystery she carries.
Yeon-ok feeds him fragments of a tragic past—poverty, betrayal, and years of abuse. Her sorrow seems real, and Ki-hoon, hardened though he is, feels a flicker of sympathy. What he doesn’t know is that the story isn’t hers. It belongs to another woman in the club, Jung-hwa, who has long suffered under exploitation and despair. Yeon-ok has stolen her truth, weaving it as her own to ensnare Ki-hoon.

But lies come at a cost. Jung-hwa becomes the real victim, sacrificed in the crossfire of gang rivalries. Her death ignites a chain of destruction no one can contain.

From the military barracks arrives Ryu Sung-hee, Jung-hwa’s twin brother, who deserts his post to avenge her. Armed and unrelenting, he storms into the nightclub with a soldier’s precision and a brother’s fury. Bullets rip through smoke-filled rooms, and the once-glittering den of vice erupts into a blood-soaked battlefield.

In the chaos, Yeon-ok’s true purpose is revealed: Ki-hoon is the man responsible for her husband’s death. Her infiltration was never about survival—it was revenge. But as Ki-hoon’s hardened mask crumbles and he shows her glimpses of genuine care, Yeon-ok is torn between vengeance and the unsettling bond that has formed between them.

As betrayal, rage, and obsession collide, every villain meets their downfall. Sung-hee burns out in a storm of blood. Ki-hoon embraces death, consumed by the weight of his sins and his feelings for Yeon-ok.

Amid the flames and ruin, Yeon-ok alone survives. She finds Jung-hwa’s orphaned daughter and takes the child into her arms. From the ashes of violence and vengeance emerges not destruction, but an unexpected rebirth.

At last, Yeon-ok confronts the meaning of her name and her journey: a final purgation—a cleansing by fire, blood, and the fragile promise of new life.