Midnight Diner - 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.

10 Episodes

Menchi-Katsu

Season 3 - Episode 1

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 he...

Tomatoes Wrapped in Pork Belly

Season 3 - Episode 2

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...

Simmered Taro and Squid

Season 3 - Episode 3

Private detectives Kei and Mamoru are drawn to the aroma of Master’s simmered taro and squid. They spend the night together after leaving th...

Red Pickled Ginger Tempura

Season 3 - Episode 4

Regular Komichi falls for Kasumi, whose past is unknown. She asks Master to make pickled ginger tempura, a taste familiar to people from Osa...

Vermicelli Salad

Season 3 - Episode 5

Miho and Sayuri, in charge of their elementary school reunion, order vermicelli salad. The two recall their old schoolmate who loved the dis...

Cabbage Rolls

Season 3 - Episode 6

The weather is getting cooler so Master prepares extra stuffed cabbage to the regular customers’ delight. Only the stripper Marilyn feels di...

Freshwater Clam Soup

Season 3 - Episode 7

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 ...

Braised Burdock Root

Season 3 - Episode 8

”Do you have sautéed burdock?” asks stately Chizuru Ichikawa as she enters the diner. She is Gen’s former high school teacher, club adviser,...

Liver & Chive Stir Fry

Season 3 - Episode 9

Detectives Noguchi and Izumi always disagree. He wants “liver and chives”, she wants “chives and liver”. She tells Master she wants a new pa...

New Year's Eve Soba Noodles

Season 3 - Episode 10

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 th...