Midnight Diner

2014 119 min ★ 7.7 Drama

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.

Cast

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

Joe Odagiri

Kogure

Mansaku Fuwa

Tadashi

Details

Director

Jōji Matsuoka

Screenplay

Jōji Matsuoka

Status

Released

Original Language

JA

Revenue

$1,507,352

Production

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

Reviews

R

Reno

April 14, 2016

★ 8/10

> In the dark hours where everything's so alive. Based on the manga series of the same name. A movie about a chef, foods and his small restaurant that opens at midnight till the dawn. There are random scenes with fresh characters all along, but it also centres on a set of few particular characters to stabilise the development. Whatsoever the tale sticks around the restaurant and reveals every h...