Midnight Diner

Midnight Diner

Part of Midnight Diner Collection

2014•1h 59m•7.6/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.6/10(63)

A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruckus-raising Kenzo.

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Production

Toei Company, Geek Sight, AMUSE, Shogakukan, Kinoshita Group, GEEK PICTURES, MBS, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Master

Saki Takaoka

Saki Takaoka

Tamako Kawashima

Mikako Tabe

Mikako Tabe

Michiru Kuriyama

Michitaka Tsutsui

Michitaka Tsutsui

Kenzo Oishi

Tokio Emoto

Tokio Emoto

Hajime Nishida

Kimiko Yo

Kimiko Yo

Chieko Hanawa

Akiko Kikuchi

Akiko Kikuchi

Akemi Sugita

Yuko Tanaka

Yuko Tanaka

Machiko Tsukaguchi

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Kogure

Mansaku Fuwa

Mansaku Fuwa

Tadashi

Toshiki Ayata

Toshiki Ayata

Kosuzu

Yutaka Matsushige

Yutaka Matsushige

Ryu Kenzaki

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Noguchi

Tamae Ando

Tamae Ando

Marilyn

Risa Sudou

Risa Sudou

Miki

Asako Kobayashi

Asako Kobayashi

Rumi

Nahoko Yoshimoto

Nahoko Yoshimoto

Kana

Yuichiro Nakayama

Yuichiro Nakayama

Hachiro

Takashi Yamanaka

Takashi Yamanaka

Gen

Shohei Uno

Shohei Uno

Komichi

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