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Midnight Diner (2009)
Popularity 14.9
Overview
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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Top Cast
Kaoru KobayashiMaster
Key Crew
Abe YarouComic Book
Fumio NomotoAssistant Director
Hajime TakezonoProducer
Ryohei TsutsuiProducer
Tamotsu KosanoProducer
ARTWORK GALLERY
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Season 1
10 episodes · First aired 2009-10-09 · ★ 7.2 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.
E01
Fried eggs and red wieners
2009-10-09 · 25 min
The stern-faced master of this diner only wields his knife from midnight to 7 am. The yakuza Ryu has been a regular since he tasted the “red wieners”.
E02
Cat Food
2009-10-16 · 25 min
Struggling singer Miyuki orders her favorite “nekomamma”. Master recalls another regular who is a lyricist. He later writes her a song as a gift.
E03
Ochazuke
2009-10-23 · 25 min
Miki, Rumi and Kana meet at the diner to eat “ochazuke” (hot tea over rice) and gab about men. Master secretly calls them the “ochazuke sisters.”
E04
Potato Salad
2009-10-30 · 25 min
Master starts each night by making potato and macaroni salad. A recent regular and charismatic porn star has become a fan of his potato salad.
E05
Butter Rice
2009-11-06 · 25 min
Komichi brings food critic Toyama to the diner, who kills the mood. Goro comes for his usual butter rice which turns Toyama into a weekly patron.
E06
Katsudon
2009-11-13 · 25 min
Boxer Kacchan always eats katsudon (pork cutlet over rice) after a win. He falls in love with another regular Akemi. A big match suddenly comes up.
E07
Egg Sandwich
2009-11-20 · 26 min
Hopeful star Risa meets struggling student and newspaper delivery boy Nakajima at the diner. They share an egg sandwich together. Could this be love?
E08
Sauced Yakisoba
2009-11-27 · 25 min
Ex-idol Rinko visits the diner. Her former fan club members get excited when they hear she ate a plate of pan-fried noodles topped with a fried egg.
E09
Grilled Aji (Horse mackerel)
2009-12-04 · 23 min
Yachiyo, an older lady, visits the diner two days in a row. She becomes friends with Marilyn the stripper and they go out clubbing together.
E10
Ramen
2009-12-11 · 26 min
Gen, who usually comes with his “big bro” Ryu, is alone tonight when he orders ramen. He then stabs the leader of an opposing gang and disappears.
Season 2
10 episodes · First aired 2011-10-13 · ★ 8.0 The midnight diner's master serves up food and sympathy to more motley customers, ranging from yakuza to pachinko parlor workers to strippers.
E01
Red wieners, again
2011-10-13 · 24 min
Ryu the local gangster boss, Noguchi is a detective both coming from the same high school. A colleague from their past forces the two to set aside differences at least for the time being.
E02
Highball and fried chicken
2011-10-20 · 24 min
An overworked young woman name keeps falling asleep at the diner. Master makes her a special drink. Her brother and another regular customer helped her to get rid of her abusive and parasitic boyfriend.
E03
Steamed clams
2011-10-27 · 24 min
A middle aged martial arts teacher and his elderly mother seem to constantly bicker and fight, but a traffic accident reveals the depth of her maternal relationship.
E04
Jellied Fish Stock
2011-11-03 · 24 min
A struggling food truck owner gets unexpected help from a young lady. They grow close, but her real profession could interfere with their plans.
E05
Canned Goods
2011-11-10 · 24 min
A group of young film makers producing a movie about a suicide at the same site bumps into a mysterious young woman, and can't shake the feeling she may be some ghostly reincarnation of the victim.
E06
Cream Stew
2011-11-17 · 25 min
An author with some writers block issue decides to solicit an escort for stress relief, but the chance meeting with her might be more than he bargained for.
E07
Pickled Cabbage
2011-11-24 · 25 min
A young screenwriter has to live through a scandal after her affair with her producer is revealed.
E08
Cold Noodles
2011-12-01 · 24 min
A bowl of cold noodles reminds a soon to retire detective of a fugitive that had eluded him his entire career. Could he possibly capture this elusive thief before they both retire?
E09
Nikujaga (Meat-Potato Stew)
2011-12-08 · 24 min
A hardworking young lady delivers a singing birthday telegram at the diner and winds up falling in love with one of the regular patrons. Could this really lead to a true romance?
E10
Gyoza (Dumplings)
2011-12-15 · 24 min
Katagiri, a lonely philosopher has shared history with the master in their past lives. A chance encounter with a gyoza delivery lady renews his desire for a brighter future.
