Midnight FM
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| Hangul | FM |
| Hanja | 의 FM |
| Revised Romanization | Simyaui FM |
| McCune–Reischauer | Simyaŭi FM |
| Directed by | Kim Sang-man |
| Produced by | Je Jeong-hun Kim Hong-baek Je Jeong-hun |
| Written by |
Kim Sang-man Kim Hwi |
| Starring |
Soo Ae Yoo Ji-tae |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seong |
| Cinematography | Kim Tae-gyeong |
| Edited by | Shin Min-kyung |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
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106 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$8,101,240 (South Korea) |
Midnight FM (Hangul: 심야의 FM; RR: Shim-yaui FM) is a 2010 South Korean thriller film by Kim Sang-man starring Soo Ae and Yoo Ji-tae.
Soo Ae won Best Actress at the 31st Blue Dragon Film Awards for her performance.
Ko Sun-young is a popular television announcer and midnight DJ on a show that mixes film analysis with selected songs from the associated soundtracks. Sun-young decides to quit her job after her daughter, Eun-soo, requires heart surgery that is only available in the United States. On her last day of work, Sun-young's sister Ah-young babysits Eun-soo at Sun-young's apartment. While she is on the air, Sun-young receives a call from a man named Han Dong-soo, who claims to be her fan. Inspired by Travis Bickle, the unstable vigilante from Taxi Driver, Dong-soo has begun to murder pimps and drug dealers throughout the city. When he hears about Sun-young's imminent retirement, he takes her family hostage and demands that she retool her final broadcast to his specifications. However, Sun-young's boss discards the new playlist on the assumption that Sun-young herself submitted it.
When Sun-young does not follow his instructions and instead calls the police, Dong-soo murders the policemen that arrive and cuts off one of Ah-young's toes. With the help of Son Deok-tae, an awkward, obsessed fan, Sun-young attempts to recreate her first broadcasts. When her boss intervenes, Dong-soo murders Ah-young. Furious and in shock, Sun-young explains the situation to her confused co-workers. Dong-soo forces Sun-young to quote her previous commentary on Taxi Driver, in which she requests a hero like Bickle to arise, and demands that she call him a hero; she reluctantly does so. Meanwhile, Sun-young tries to sneak out of the studio to rescue her daughter, but Dong-soo has already fled the house. Sun-young chases after him, and Dong-soo leads her to where he has kidnapped a man he claims to be a human trafficker. The man denies the charge and begs for his life. Dong-soo orders Sun-young to kill the man, but she refuses. Sun-young says that the man deserves a trial, and she shoots Dong-soo instead.
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