Midnight Runners (Korean: 청년경찰; Hanja: 靑年警察; RR: Cheongnyeon gyeongchal; lit.
However, the station's Missing Persons Unit prioritizes a high-profile kidnapping of a business mogul's grandson over the case.
Through their amateur investigation, Ki-joon and Hee-yeol catch up with the kidnappers, who are running an unfertilized egg harvesting ring, and learn that many more girls are locked up in their hideout.
Due to some of the disciplinary committee members in university believing that they had done the right thing morally, Ki-joon and Hee-yeol are instead held back a year in their studies and sentenced to 500 hours of community service, leaving the two satisfied with the outcome.
[14] Midnight Runners marks Park Seo-joon's first time playing a lead role in a film.
The rights to the film have been purchased by companies including Japan's The Klockworx, Taiwan's Long Shong, Hong Kong's Deltamac HK, the Philippines' Viva Comm and Singapore's Purple Plan.
[29] The official Indian remake in Telugu language is titled Saakini Daakini, and was produced by Guru Films and Suresh Productions.
It stars Regina Cassandra and Nivetha Thomas in the lead roles, and was directed by Sudheer Varma, where the film was released on 16 September 2022.