Midnight Diner 2
When people finish their day and hurry home, his day starts. His diner is open from midnight to seven in the morning. Pork, miso soup combo, beer, sake and shochu is all that he has on his menu. Nevertheless, he makes whatever his customers request as long as he has the ingredients for it.
Casts & Crew
Kaoru Kobayashi
Aoba Kawai
Koichi Sato
Sosuke Ikematsu
Midoriko Kimura
Hijiri Kojima
Misako Watanabe
Hisashi Igawa
Mikako Tabe
Kimiko Yo
Joe Odagiri
Mansaku Fuwa
Toshiki Ayata
Ken Mitsuishi
Tamae Andô
Risa Sudo
Asako Kobayashi
Nahoko Yoshimoto
Yuichiro Nakayama
Takashi Yamanaka
Shôhei Uno
Shôhei Uno
Kaoru Hirata
Yukiko Shinohara
Reiko Kataoka
Mitsuki Tanimura
Kiyobumi Kaneko
Also Directed by Joji Matsuoka
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