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Midnight Diner

2009 to 2014 Drama, Comedy 3 seasons

TMDB rating 8.2/10 Ended

Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, including a yakuza, an unsuccessful actor, a group of office ladies, a newspaper delivery boy, and a stripper.

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Seasons3

  • Each night a midnight diner serves up just four dishes, but customers aren't really there for the food: They've come for advice and a sympathetic ear.

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    TMDB rating 7.2/10

  • The midnight diner's master serves up food and sympathy to more motley customers, ranging from yakuza to pachinko parlor workers to strippers.

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    TMDB rating 8.0/10

  • A detective, a manga editor, a failed cartoonist and a single mother are among the customers who come to the midnight diner for food and company.

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    TMDB rating 7.7/10

Cast and details

  • Kaoru KobayashiMaster
  • Mansaku FuwaChu-san
  • Shohei UnoKomichi
  • Toshiki AyataKosuzu
  • Asako KobayashiRumi
  • Kiyobumi KanekoKanemoto
  • Yutaka MatsushigeRyu Kenzaki
  • Joe OdagiriKogure
  • Risa SudouMiki
  • Nahoko YoshimotoKana
  • Yuichiro NakayamaHachiro
  • Ken MitsuishiDetective Noguchi
Network
TBS, MBS
First aired
Oct 9, 2009
Latest episode
Dec 22, 2014

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