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Midnight Diner

8.1
3 seasons
30 episodes
Ended
Drama
Comedy

Plot Summary

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.

First Aired:October 9, 2009
Last Aired:December 22, 2014
Episode Runtime:30m, 25m
Networks:
TBS, MBS

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (3)

Season 1
8.1

Season 1

10 episodes

Aired: 2009

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.

Season 2
8.2

Season 2

10 episodes

Aired: 2011

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

Season 3
7.5

Season 3

10 episodes

Aired: 2014

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.

Production

atmovie

Geek Sight

AMUSE

MBS

RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation

dentsu casting and entertainment

Shogakukan

Famima Digital One

Toei Company

Kinoshita Group