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Midnight Diner
2009 · 3 seasons · 30m · ★ 8.2
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.
Start from S1E1 · Fried eggs and red wieners
Episodes
E11. Fried eggs and red wieners
2009 · 25m · ★ 7.4
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”.
E22. Cat Food
2009 · 25m · ★ 7.0
Struggling singer Miyuki orders her favorite “nekomamma”. Master recalls another regular who is a lyricist. He later writes her a song as a gift.
E33. Ochazuke
2009 · 25m · ★ 7.5
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.”
Cast
Kaoru Kobayashi
Master
