Midnight Diner

Nov 1, 2014

1h 59m

★ 7.6

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Toei Company

Geek Sight

AMUSE

Shogakukan

Kinoshita Group

GEEK PICTURES

MBS

RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation

Midnight Diner Trailers

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Cast

Master

Kaoru Kobayashi

Tamako Kawashima

Saki Takaoka

Michiru Kuriyama

Mikako Tabe

Kenzo Oishi

Michitaka Tsutsui

Hajime Nishida

Tokio Emoto

Chieko Hanawa

Kimiko Yo

Akemi Sugita

Akiko Kikuchi

Machiko Tsukaguchi

Yuko Tanaka

Kogure

Joe Odagiri

Tadashi

Mansaku Fuwa

Kosuzu

Toshiki Ayata

Ryu Kenzaki

Yutaka Matsushige

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