Nov 01, 2014
119 min
Full-HD

Midnight Diner (2014)

A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruckus-raising Kenzo.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Toei Company Geek Sight AMUSE Shogakukan Kinoshita Group GEEK PICTURES MBS RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation

Kaoru Kobayashi

Master

Saki Takaoka

Tamako Kawashima

Mikako Tabe

Michiru Kuriyama

Michitaka Tsutsui

Kenzo Oishi

Tokio Emoto

Hajime Nishida

Kimiko Yo

Chieko Hanawa

Akiko Kikuchi

Akemi Sugita

Yuko Tanaka

Machiko Tsukaguchi

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