Perfect Crown
2026 · Comedy · Drama
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TV series / 2009
Midnight Diner
Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, including a yakuza, an unsuccessful actor, a group of office ladies, a newspaper delivery boy, and …
The story
Set in a small restaurant in the corner of a shopping district. The unusual eatery is only open after midnight, and its standard menu consists of just a single choice. However, the customers still come for the amusing chatter and the proprietor's willingness to cook any dish that they request. This drama depicts the lives of the restaurant's patrons, including a yakuza, an unsuccessful actor, a group of office ladies, a newspaper delivery boy, and a stripper.
The seasons
Season 1
Season 1
Season details
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.
Season 2
Season 2
Season details
The midnight diner's master serves up food and sympathy to more motley customers, ranging from yakuza to pachinko parlor workers to strippers.
Season 3
Season 3
Season details
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.
Cast
Kaoru KobayashiMaster
Mansaku FuwaChu-san
Toshiki AyataKosuzu
Shohei UnoKomichi
Asako KobayashiRumi
Kiyobumi KanekoKanemoto
Yutaka MatsushigeRyu Kenzaki
Joe OdagiriKogure · Katagiri
Risa SudouMiki
Nahoko YoshimotoKana
Yuichiro NakayamaHachiro
Ken MitsuishiDetective Noguchi
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Tamae AndoMarylin
Takashi YamanakaGen Hayashi
Satoru MatsuoGoro
Tomoaki TatsumiKingyo
Kaoru HirataSaya Adachi
Naoaki KenmochiAnzai
Ryo IwaseJun's boyfriend
Yūko GenkakuJun
Hoshi IshidaHashimoto Wataru
Tomoko TabataMiyuki Chidori
Tomorowo TaguchiLyricist
Yukiko ShinoharaIzumi Natsuki
Wakana SakaiHitomi
Makoto AshikawaHashimoto
Sansei ShiomiDetective Inuzuka
Tomomitsu AdachiAdachi
Aki KajiwaraKasumi
Jyunya KawashimaHanamaki
Miwako IchikawaTsukiko Maeoka
Tetsushi TanakaShinji Nose
Mitsuru FukikoshiSuzuki
Aki AsakuraHana
Yuu TokuiHokota
Tomoya MaenoYuuki
SaoriKikuno
Ryu MoriokaGenki
Ayumi ItoIkumi
Yutaka ShimizuShoji
Haruko MabuchiOren
Takashi UkajiTakeshi
Masahiro KomotoNagai
Takuma OtooKatsutoshi Kawada
Reika KirishimaAkemi
Ryo IwamatsuMasao Toyama
Toru KazamaErect Oki
Kento Ogura
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