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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
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
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
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.
Key Information
Cast & Crew
Kaoru Kobayashi
Master
Mansaku Fuwa
Chu-san
Shohei Uno
Komichi
Toshiki Ayata
Kosuzu
Asako Kobayashi
Rumi
Kiyobumi Kaneko
Kanemoto
Yutaka Matsushige
Ryu Kenzaki
Joe Odagiri
Katagiri
Risa Sudou
Miki
Nahoko Yoshimoto
Kana
Yuichiro Nakayama
Hachiro
Ken Mitsuishi
Detective Noguchi
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Frequently Asked Questions
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....
Midnight Diner has 3 seasons with 30 episodes.
Midnight Diner premiered on October 9, 2009.
No, Midnight Diner has ended. The final episode aired on December 22, 2014.
Midnight Diner originally aired on TBS. Check your local streaming services for availability.
Midnight Diner has a rating of 8.2/10 based on user reviews.
Midnight Diner is classified as Drama, Comedy.