Midnight Diner

Season 1

2009 · 10 episodes · 4h 10m in all · 7.2/10

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.

Episodes

1. 

   1. Fried eggs and red wieners

   9 Oct 2009 · 25 min · 7.4/10

   The stern-faced master of this diner only wields his knife from midnight to 7 am. The yakuza Ryu has been a regular since he tasted the “red wieners”.

2. 

   2. Cat Food

   16 Oct 2009 · 25 min · 7.0/10

   Struggling singer Miyuki orders her favorite “nekomamma”. Master recalls another regular who is a lyricist. He later writes her a song as a gift.

3. 

   3. Ochazuke

   23 Oct 2009 · 25 min · 7.5/10

   Miki, Rumi and Kana meet at the diner to eat “ochazuke” (hot tea over rice) and gab about men. Master secretly calls them the “ochazuke sisters.”

4. 

   4. Potato Salad

   30 Oct 2009 · 25 min · 7.0/10

   Master starts each night by making potato and macaroni salad. A recent regular and charismatic porn star has become a fan of his potato salad.

5. 

   5. Butter Rice

   6 Nov 2009 · 25 min · 7.0/10

   Komichi brings food critic Toyama to the diner, who kills the mood. Goro comes for his usual butter rice which turns Toyama into a weekly patron.

6. 

   6. Katsudon

   13 Nov 2009 · 25 min · 7.0/10

   Boxer Kacchan always eats katsudon (pork cutlet over rice) after a win. He falls in love with another regular Akemi. A big match suddenly comes up.

7. 

   7. Egg Sandwich

   20 Nov 2009 · 26 min · 7.0/10

   Hopeful star Risa meets struggling student and newspaper delivery boy Nakajima at the diner. They share an egg sandwich together. Could this be love?

8. 

   8. Sauced Yakisoba

   27 Nov 2009 · 25 min · 7.0/10

   Ex-idol Rinko visits the diner. Her former fan club members get excited when they hear she ate a plate of pan-fried noodles topped with a fried egg.

9. 

   9. Grilled Aji (Horse mackerel)

   4 Dec 2009 · 23 min · 7.5/10

   Yachiyo, an older lady, visits the diner two days in a row. She becomes friends with Marilyn the stripper and they go out clubbing together.

10. 

    10. Ramen

    11 Dec 2009 · 26 min · 7.8/10

    Gen, who usually comes with his “big bro” Ryu, is alone tonight when he orders ramen. He then stabs the leader of an opposing gang and disappears.