Midnight Diner (2009)
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.
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Episode 1 - Menchi-Katsu
Release Date: 2014-10-20Widowed singer Misao Kashima makes a rare visit to eat minced meat cutlets. Misao has been unable to perform on stage ever since she lost her husband.
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Episode 2 - Tomatoes Wrapped in Pork Belly
Release Date: 2014-10-27Comic editor Uno brings up-and-coming award-winning artist Hashimoto to eat Master’s pork-wrapped tomatoes. He lives with a woman and writes comics.
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Episode 3 - Simmered Taro and Squid
Release Date: 2014-11-03Private detectives Kei and Mamoru are drawn to the aroma of Master’s simmered taro and squid. They spend the night together after leaving the diner.
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Episode 4 - Red Pickled Ginger Tempura
Release Date: 2014-11-10Regular Komichi falls for Kasumi, whose past is unknown. She asks Master to make pickled ginger tempura, a taste familiar to people from Osaka.
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Episode 5 - Vermicelli Salad
Release Date: 2014-11-17Miho and Sayuri, in charge of their elementary school reunion, order vermicelli salad. The two recall their old schoolmate who loved the dish.
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Episode 6 - Cabbage Rolls
Release Date: 2014-11-24The weather is getting cooler so Master prepares extra stuffed cabbage to the regular customers’ delight. Only the stripper Marilyn feels differently.
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Episode 7 - Freshwater Clam Soup
Release Date: 2014-12-01On Saturday mornings, Yoshio and wife Mizue come to eat clam soup. People refer to them as a close couple. Yoshio is actually Mizue’s third husband.
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Episode 8 - Braised Burdock Root
Release Date: 2014-12-08”Do you have sautéed burdock?” asks stately Chizuru Ichikawa as she enters the diner. She is Gen’s former high school teacher, club adviser, and crush.
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Episode 9 - Liver & Chive Stir Fry
Release Date: 2014-12-08Detectives Noguchi and Izumi always disagree. He wants “liver and chives”, she wants “chives and liver”. She tells Master she wants a new partner.
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Episode 10 - New Year's Eve Soba Noodles
Release Date: 2014-12-22It’s New Year’s Eve. The regulars all come by to ring in the new year with Master’s soba noodles. The diner is always a special place for them.