The Guardian (2026)

Park Do-jun traded his taekwondo ambitions for a caregiver’s life when his mother, Mi Jin, needed him most—uprooting their world from Korea to the Philippines. But the bond that held them together begins to crack as Mi Jin’s compulsive gambling spirals into a destructive frenzy, forcing Do-jun to drop out of college and hustle just to keep a roof over their heads. In the chaos, he finds unexpected lifelines in Sandara, a fierce aspiring K-pop star, and the unshakable Coco. Then the unthinkable happens: Mi Jin disappears, yanked into the shadows by the iron-fisted boss of a Korean underworld empire. Now, Do-jun must wage a desperate, ticking-clock battle through Manila’s gritty underbelly—risking everything to drag his mother back from the brink before the syndicate’s grip tightens for good.