Midnight Diner

Seasons

2009

8.6

Set in a small restaurant open only after midnight. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, who come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish they request.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Akai wiener to tamagoyaki

Ryu Kenzaki is a gangster boss likes pan fried mini sausages. Kosuzu enjoys sweet egg omelets. Through mutual respect and understanding they become friends, although Kosuku being gay would prefer a deeper relationship.

S1 • E2

Neko mamma

An unemployed Enka singer (modernized Japanese ballad) shares a bowl of fish flakes on rice with the master in the mornings. Her luck changes when she meets a composer, but fate has other plans for her.

S1 • E3

Ochazuke

Three single best friends in their 30s frequent the Midnight Diner for ochazuke and juicy gossip. But their seemingly unbreakable friendship gets challenged when one of them decides to join a blind date.

S1 • E4

Potato Salad

A young fellow is determined to get into the porn business, and pesters a famous porn star to be his mentor. Achieving his goal he quickly learns its not all fun but a lot of work.

S1 • E5

Butter Rice

An arrogant food critic is invited for a meal at the diner prompting resentment from the regular patrons. A visit by an elderly guitarist and his performance payment of a simple bowl of butter rice resurrects memories for the food critic.

S1 • E6

Katsudon

A second rate boxer gets a chance to prove himself in the ring to a young widow and her daughter.

S1 • E7

Tamago sando (egg sandwich)

A young couple tries to make their relationship work in spite of him being poor but hardworking and she an aspiring actress with potential.

S1 • E8

Sauce yakisoba

A former girl band star gets a role in a television series, but the character's sad backstory mirrors her own childhood and forces her to confront her past.

S1 • E9

Aji no hiraki

Marilyn, a regular customer at the diner is a locally celebrated stripper, befriends a mysterious older woman who has a secret past.

S1 • E10

Ramen

Gen-chan stabs a rival yakuza boss in retaliation to an attack on his own boss Ryu. Hiding from the police he comes to realize he has to own up to his actions including ones from his long buried past.