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Midnight Diner

Original title: 深夜食堂

  • 2009 –2014
  • Ended
  • TV-MA

★ 8.2 TMDB Rating · 69 votes

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
3
Episodes
30
Episode length
~30m
First aired
Oct 9, 2009
Networks
TBS, MBS
Original language
Japanese
Origin
Japan

Cast of Midnight Diner

  • Portrait of Kaoru Kobayashi

    Kaoru Kobayashi

    Master

Where to Stream Midnight Diner by Country

United States
Streaming on Netflix
United Kingdom
Streaming on Netflix
India
Streaming on Netflix
Canada
Streaming on Netflix
Australia
Streaming on Netflix

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Seasons

  • Poster for Season 1 of Midnight Diner

    Season 1

    Oct 9, 2009

    10 episodes

    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.

  • Poster for Season 2 of Midnight Diner

    Season 2

    Oct 13, 2011

    10 episodes

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

  • Poster for Season 3 of Midnight Diner

    Season 3

    Oct 20, 2014

    10 episodes

    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.

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