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Midnight Diner

Original title: Shinya shokudô
  • 2014
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2.4K
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Midnight Diner (2014)
A cook opens a restaurant that only serves from midnight till dawn. One day, he discovers an obituary urn. Follow the stories of his regulars tangled around this urn.
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A cook opens a restaurant that only serves from midnight till dawn. One day, he discovers an obituary urn. Follow the stories of his regulars tangled around this urn.A cook opens a restaurant that only serves from midnight till dawn. One day, he discovers an obituary urn. Follow the stories of his regulars tangled around this urn.A cook opens a restaurant that only serves from midnight till dawn. One day, he discovers an obituary urn. Follow the stories of his regulars tangled around this urn.

  • Director
    • Joji Matsuoka
  • Writers
    • Yarô Abe
    • Katsuhiko Manabe
    • Kensaku Kojima
  • Stars
    • Kaoru Kobayashi
    • Saki Takaoka
    • Tokio Emoto
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    2.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joji Matsuoka
    • Writers
      • Yarô Abe
      • Katsuhiko Manabe
      • Kensaku Kojima
    • Stars
      • Kaoru Kobayashi
      • Saki Takaoka
      • Tokio Emoto
    • 7User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Kaoru Kobayashi
    Kaoru Kobayashi
    • Master
    Saki Takaoka
    Saki Takaoka
    • Tamako Kawashima
    Tokio Emoto
    Tokio Emoto
    • Hajime Nishida
    Mikako Tabe
    Mikako Tabe
    • Michiru Kuriyama
    Kiyohiko Shibukawa
    • Tadao
    Mitsuki Tanimura
    Mitsuki Tanimura
    • Kasumi
    Yoshiyuki Morishita
    Yoshiyuki Morishita
    Tamae Andô
    • Marilyn
    Makoto Arikawa
    Toshiki Ayata
    • Kosuzu
    Chisun
    Hideyo Fujita
    Mansaku Fuwa
    • Chu
    Kaoru Hirata
    • Saya
    Mihoko Ikeda
    Ayami Ishizawa
    Kenta Izuka
    Kenta Izuka
      Chiaki Kami
      • Director
        • Joji Matsuoka
      • Writers
        • Yarô Abe(manga)
        • Katsuhiko Manabe(screenplay)
        • Kensaku Kojima(screenplay)
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      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 happenings, no matter what characters they are.

      A very fun, realistic, calm narration, with cool characters. Anyone slurping their food around me really annoys, but that's the way of pleasurably consuming food among the east Asians, especially that makes me my mouth-watering. So I suggest you better have some snacks with, at least you will have something with you while watching this delicious movie.

      Initially I did not know whose story it was, but a chef began to narrate his story by telling about his tiny restaurant located somewhere in the middle of partially both residential and commercial areas. And his unique customers with their stories that definitely gets our attention. In the meantime a young female character was introduced who is going to be a prime focus for the rest of the film that told alternately with other small happenings around.

      "Don't let your tears enter the stew pot. Tears is salt after all. It will change the taste."

      I'm not sure whether it was the great performances or the writing and direction that brought a soul to it, but overall it was so simple and very likable film that looks like kind of everything worked so finely. Of course the cultural influence was a big impact. The society, its people with their state of mind and lifestyle - totally moving. Other than the whaling, I don't see the reasons to I hate this beautiful country and its people. I think that's why I loved this film like usual and it is one of my favourite film industry.

      Impressive, how the customers respect their chef by calling him master. I have seen the actor who played that important role in the movie 'Quill'. He was excellent in this with his casual effort. There's no way to predict anything from the movie. It would be like you go and sit in a small restaurant near you for a whole day, interacting with every customer who gets in with their story of the day with all kinds of moods, that's how watching this film feels like with surprises.

      Those who read the original manga and those who saw the television series might have reason to compare with this to bring some positive and negative points, but as I'm not familiar with other material, I ended with very happy for this.

      The runtime really scared me, but once sat for it, I spent those two hours without any trouble. This kind of storytelling really suits for television to split into plenty of episodes, but the movie was equally amazing and can be compared to any top movies related to 'food, chef and restaurant' themes. This was a great drama with fine humours. I want to suggest it and I surely do, especially for those who love drama films with a moderate pace.

      8/10
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      • Apr 14, 2016

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      • Release date
        • January 31, 2015 (Japan)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
      • Official site
        • Official Site (Japan)
      • Language
        • Japanese
      • Also known as
        • 深夜食堂電影版
      • Filming locations
        • Yasukunidori, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan(prologue sequence)
      • Production companies
        • Shogakukan
        • Kinoshita Komuten
        • Toei Company
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      • Gross worldwide
        • $1,507,352
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 59 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Digital
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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