They have the same iconic duo dynamic and is both really enjoyable and revolves around cops. They also both have a sense of humor during the whole movie, making the watcher laugh and relate to the main characters.
Miman Keisatsu: Midnight Runner is the japanese drama remake of the korean movie Midnight Runner. The drama only covers the movie plot in the first few episodes.
They are similar since Miman Keisatsu is an adaptation of Midnight Runner but instead of a movie, it was turned into a series.
Shimura Teppei (Fujigaya Taisuke) grew up watching his policeman father who would ride side-by-side in marathons because he was a motorcycle cop, and dreamt of being a marathon runner as a child. But Teppei’s father lost his job and disappeared. Teppei ruined himself by becoming a well-known delinquent in the area. Under the influence of his childhood friend, Yuichi, Teppei chose to become a policeman after graduating from high school. He miraculouslypassed the recruitment exam and entered the police academy. However, he has been assigned to a “class of reserves” (Goriki Ayame, Koyanagi Yu, Okamoto Azusa, Mizusawa Erina, Ishii Tomoya, Mori Ren) which is a gathering of odds and ends. There are eight of them and each day they are only instructed by the assistant teacher, Ryuzaki Misaki, to sweep the academy grounds.
