Midnight Diner
series not in production
Ended
Drama
Comedy
Seasons | 3
Episodes | 30
avg.Runtime | 30 min
First EP | 2009-10-09
Last EP | 2014-12-22
Overview
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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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Produced by
atmovie
Geek Sight
AMUSE
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 2009-10-09
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.
1
Fried eggs and red wieners
2009-10-09
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”.
2
Cat Food
2009-10-16
Struggling singer Miyuki orders her favorite “nekomamma”. Master recalls another regular who is a lyricist. He later writes her a song as a gift.
3
Ochazuke
2009-10-23
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.”
4
Potato Salad
2009-10-30
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.
5
Butter Rice
2009-11-06
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.
6
Katsudon
2009-11-13
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.
7
Egg Sandwich
2009-11-20
Hopeful star Risa meets struggling student and newspaper delivery boy Nakajima at the diner. They share an egg sandwich together. Could this be love?
8
Sauced Yakisoba
2009-11-27
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.
9
Grilled Aji (Horse mackerel)
2009-12-04
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.
10
Ramen
2009-12-11
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.
CAST
charactor: Master
Original: Kaoru Kobayashi
Total EP: 30
charactor: Chu-san
Original: Mansaku Fuwa
Total EP: 18
charactor: Kosuzu
Original: Toshiki Ayata
Total EP: 17
charactor: Komichi
Original: Shohei Uno
Total EP: 17
charactor: Rumi
Original: Asako Kobayashi
Total EP: 16
charactor: Kanemoto
Original: Kiyobumi Kaneko
Total EP: 13
charactor: Ryu Kenzaki
Original: Yutaka Matsushige
Total EP: 12
charactor: Katagiri
Original: Joe Odagiri
Total EP: 12
charactor: Miki
Original: Risa Sudou
Total EP: 11
charactor: Kana
Original: Nahoko Yoshimoto
Total EP: 11
charactor: Hachiro
Original: Yuichiro Nakayama
Total EP: 8
charactor: Detective Noguchi
Original: Ken Mitsuishi
Total EP: 7
charactor: Marylin
Original: Tamae Ando
Total EP: 7
charactor: Gen Hayashi
Original: Takashi Yamanaka
Total EP: 6
charactor: Goro
Original: Satoru Matsuo
Total EP: 4
charactor: Kingyo
Original: Tomoaki Tatsumi
Total EP: 3
charactor: Saya Adachi
Original: Kaoru Hirata
Total EP: 3
charactor: Anzai
Original: Naoaki Kenmochi
Total EP: 3
charactor: Jun's boyfriend
Original: Ryo Iwase
Total EP: 2
charactor: Jun
Original: Yūko Genkaku
Total EP: 2
charactor: Hashimoto Wataru
Original: Hoshi Ishida
Total EP: 1
charactor: Miyuki Chidori
Original: Tomoko Tabata
Total EP: 1
charactor: Lyricist
Original: Tomorowo Taguchi
Total EP: 1
charactor: Izumi Natsuki
Original: Yukiko Shinohara
Total EP: 1
charactor: Hitomi
Original: Wakana Sakai
Total EP: 1
charactor: Hashimoto
Original: Makoto Ashikawa
Total EP: 1
charactor: Detective Inuzuka
Original: Sansei Shiomi
Total EP: 1
charactor: Adachi
Original: Tomomitsu Adachi
Total EP: 1
charactor: Kasumi
Original: Aki Kajiwara
Total EP: 1
charactor: Hanamaki
Original: Jyunya Kawashima
Total EP: 1
charactor: Tsukiko Maeoka
Original: Miwako Ichikawa
Total EP: 1
charactor: Shinji Nose
Original: Tetsushi Tanaka
Total EP: 1
charactor: Suzuki
Original: Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Total EP: 1
charactor: Hana
Original: Aki Asakura
Total EP: 1
charactor: Hokota
Original: Yuu Tokui
Total EP: 1
charactor: Yuuki
Original: Tomoya Maeno
Total EP: 1
charactor: Kikuno
Original: Saori
Total EP: 1
charactor: Genki
Original: Ryu Morioka
Total EP: 1
charactor: Ikumi
Original: Ayumi Ito
Total EP: 1
charactor: Shoji
Original: Yutaka Shimizu
Total EP: 1
CREW
Masae Miyamoto
Costumer
Costume & Make-Up
Fumio Nomoto
Assistant Director
Directing
Masayoshi Takesue
Assistant Director
Directing
Shinichi Fushima
Editor
Editing
Ryo Hayano
Editor
Editing
Takeshi Moriya
Producer
Production
Takuma Tosaka
Producer
Production
Ryuta Hashimoto
Line Producer
Production
Naoko Asari
Sound Supervisor
Sound
Abe Yarou
Comic Book
Writing
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney