Midnight Diner
(2009)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 3
A detective, a manga editor, a failed cartoonist and a single mother are among the customers who come to the midnight diner for food and company.New Year's Eve Soba Noodles
Episode 10 - 12-22-2014
30m
It’s New Year’s Eve. The regulars all come by to ring in the new year with Master’s soba noodles. The diner is always a special place for them.
8.5/10Where to watch
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Liver & Chive Stir Fry
Episode 9 - 12-08-2014
30m
Detectives Noguchi and Izumi always disagree. He wants “liver and chives”, she wants “chives and liver”. She tells Master she wants a new partner.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Braised Burdock Root
Episode 8 - 12-08-2014
30m
”Do you have sautéed burdock?” asks stately Chizuru Ichikawa as she enters the diner. She is Gen’s former high school teacher, club adviser, and crush.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Freshwater Clam Soup
Episode 7 - 12-01-2014
30m
On Saturday mornings, Yoshio and wife Mizue come to eat clam soup. People refer to them as a close couple. Yoshio is actually Mizue’s third husband.
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Cabbage Rolls
Episode 6 - 11-24-2014
30m
The weather is getting cooler so Master prepares extra stuffed cabbage to the regular customers’ delight. Only the stripper Marilyn feels differently.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Vermicelli Salad
Episode 5 - 11-17-2014
30m
Miho and Sayuri, in charge of their elementary school reunion, order vermicelli salad. The two recall their old schoolmate who loved the dish.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Red Pickled Ginger Tempura
Episode 4 - 11-10-2014
30m
Regular Komichi falls for Kasumi, whose past is unknown. She asks Master to make pickled ginger tempura, a taste familiar to people from Osaka.
7.1/10Where to watch
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Simmered Taro and Squid
Episode 3 - 11-03-2014
Private detectives Kei and Mamoru are drawn to the aroma of Master’s simmered taro and squid. They spend the night together after leaving the diner.
7.2/10Where to watch
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Tomatoes Wrapped in Pork Belly
Episode 2 - 10-27-2014
30m
Comic editor Uno brings up-and-coming award-winning artist Hashimoto to eat Master’s pork-wrapped tomatoes. He lives with a woman and writes comics.
7.4/10Where to watch
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Menchi-Katsu
Episode 1 - 10-20-2014
30m
Widowed singer Misao Kashima makes a rare visit to eat minced meat cutlets. Misao has been unable to perform on stage ever since she lost her husband.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Season 2
The midnight diner's master serves up food and sympathy to more motley customers, ranging from yakuza to pachinko parlor workers to strippers.Gyoza (Dumplings)
Episode 10 - 12-15-2011
Katagiri, a lonely philosopher has shared history with the master in their past lives. A chance encounter with a gyoza delivery lady renews his desire for a brighter future.
8.6/10Where to watch
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Nikujaga (Meat-Potato Stew)
Episode 9 - 12-08-2011
A hardworking young lady delivers a singing birthday telegram at the diner and winds up falling in love with one of the regular patrons. Could this really lead to a true romance?
8.1/10Where to watch
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Cold Noodles
Episode 8 - 12-01-2011
A bowl of cold noodles reminds a soon to retire detective of a fugitive that had eluded him his entire career. Could he possibly capture this elusive thief before they both retire?
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Pickled Cabbage
Episode 7 - 11-24-2011
A young screenwriter has to live through a scandal after her affair with her producer is revealed.
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Cream Stew
Episode 6 - 11-17-2011
An author with some writers block issue decides to solicit an escort for stress relief, but the chance meeting with her might be more than he bargained for.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Canned Goods
Episode 5 - 11-10-2011
A group of young film makers producing a movie about a suicide at the same site bumps into a mysterious young woman, and can't shake the feeling she may be some ghostly reincarnation of the victim.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Jellied Fish Stock
Episode 4 - 11-03-2011
A struggling food truck owner gets unexpected help from a young lady. They grow close, but her real profession could interfere with their plans.
8.5/10Where to watch
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Steamed clams
Episode 3 - 10-27-2011
A middle aged martial arts teacher and his elderly mother seem to constantly bicker and fight, but a traffic accident reveals the depth of her maternal relationship.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Highball and fried chicken
Episode 2 - 10-20-2011
An overworked young woman name keeps falling asleep at the diner. Master makes her a special drink. Her brother and another regular customer helped her to get rid of her abusive and parasitic boyfriend.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Red wieners, again
Episode 1 - 10-13-2011
30m
Ryu the local gangster boss, Noguchi is a detective both coming from the same high school. A colleague from their past forces the two to set aside differences at least for the time being.
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Season 1
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.Ramen
Episode 10 - 12-11-2009
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.
8.2/10Where to watch
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Grilled Aji (Horse mackerel)
Episode 9 - 12-04-2009
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.
7.9/10Where to watch
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Sauced Yakisoba
Episode 8 - 11-27-2009
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.
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Egg Sandwich
Episode 7 - 11-20-2009
Hopeful star Risa meets struggling student and newspaper delivery boy Nakajima at the diner. They share an egg sandwich together. Could this be love?
8.2/10Where to watch
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Katsudon
Episode 6 - 11-13-2009
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.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Butter Rice
Episode 5 - 11-06-2009
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.
8.4/10Where to watch
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Potato Salad
Episode 4 - 10-30-2009
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.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Ochazuke
Episode 3 - 10-23-2009
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.”
7.5/10Where to watch
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Cat Food
Episode 2 - 10-16-2009
Struggling singer Miyuki orders her favorite “nekomamma”. Master recalls another regular who is a lyricist. He later writes her a song as a gift.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Fried eggs and red wieners
Episode 1 - 10-09-2009
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”.
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Gyoza (Dumplings)
Episode 10 - 12-15-2011
Katagiri, a lonely philosopher has shared history with the master in their past lives. A chance encounter with a gyoza delivery lady renews his desire for a brighter future.
8.6/10Where to watch
Haven't Seen
Jellied Fish Stock
Episode 4 - 11-03-2011
A struggling food truck owner gets unexpected help from a young lady. They grow close, but her real profession could interfere with their plans.
8.5/10Where to watch
Haven't Seen
New Year's Eve Soba Noodles
Episode 10 - 12-22-2014
30m
It’s New Year’s Eve. The regulars all come by to ring in the new year with Master’s soba noodles. The diner is always a special place for them.
8.5/10Where to watch
Haven't Seen
Butter Rice
Episode 5 - 11-06-2009
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.
8.4/10Where to watch
Haven't Seen
Egg Sandwich
Episode 7 - 11-20-2009
Hopeful star Risa meets struggling student and newspaper delivery boy Nakajima at the diner. They share an egg sandwich together. Could this be love?
8.2/10Where to watch
Haven't Seen
