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MIDNIGHT DINER (SHINYA SHOKUDO)
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Completed - JAPANESE - Drama - 119 minutes

Log Line

First an award-winning comic with more than 2.3 million copies in print!
Then a TV drama, and now a motion picture!
A year in the life of a midnight diner, its owner, and its gallery of regulars

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Joji MATSUOKA
Cast : Kaoru KOBAYASHI, Joe ODAGIRI

Synopsis

The Master’s cooking and the friendly low-key atmosphere of his establishment fill the Midnight Diner night after night. One evening a burial urn left there brings a frown, but to his customers this is something new and it becomes the seed of entertaining speculation. An old customer, Tamako, comes in one night for the first time in a while. The mistress of a wealthy man who has died, she is between patrons, and strikes up a conversation with a young man. Michiru, a girl from the provinces without any money, walks out without paying her bill, then returns and begs the Master for a job. Living upstairs, she becomes part of the life of the diner; all the while her past is coming in search of her. Kenzo, a victim of the Fukushima tsunami disaster, comes to Tokyo and stirs things up in pursuit of Akemi, a diner regular. But through all of these small dramas, the question remains about what will become of the burial urn.

Production

Country(ies) : JAPAN

HONG KONG EMPHASIS VIDEO
HONG KONG SUNDREAM MOTION
KOREA (Sou Jun 18, 2015 NK CONTENTS


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Festivals and Awards

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2014
Hawaii International Film Festival 2015


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