Movie
Midnight Diner
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-11-01
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Toei Company, Geek Sight, AMUSE, Shogakukan, Kinoshita Group, GEEK PICTURES, MBS, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation
- Country
- Japan
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Kaoru Kobayashi as Master
- Saki Takaoka as Tamako Kawashima
- Mikako Tabe as Michiru Kuriyama
- Michitaka Tsutsui as Kenzo Oishi
- Tokio Emoto as Hajime Nishida
- Kimiko Yo as Chieko Hanawa
- Akiko Kikuchi as Akemi Sugita
- Yuko Tanaka as Machiko Tsukaguchi
- Joe Odagiri as Kogure
- Mansaku Fuwa as Tadashi
- Toshiki Ayata as Kosuzu
- Yutaka Matsushige as Ryu Kenzaki
Crew
- Jōji Matsuoka - Director
- Jōji Matsuoka - Screenplay
- Kensaku Kojima - Screenplay
- Katsuhiko Manabe - Screenplay
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