Japan Synopsis
深夜食堂
A restaurant opens at midnight. Both the menu offerings and personality of the owner draw a series of flawed patrons including Tamako, whose boyfriend has passed away, live-in worker Michiru, and ruckus-raising Kenzo.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Midnight Diner. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Toei Company
The 2013–2015 Japan Window
Midnight Diner holds position #139 of 546 Japan films in the 2013–2015 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Midnight Diner premiered alongside 186 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 186 other Japan films in 2014.
The 3059th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
48 audience reviews — more than 63% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (63th percentile) outruns trending popularity (33th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Midnight Diner, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- life lessons · 5
- small business · 4
- diner · 1
- food · 21
- unrequited love · 19
- restaurant · 17
- chef · 14
- cooking · 13
- japanese cuisine · 12
- japan · 454
- based on manga · 297
- tokyo · 78
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,097 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (76th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #471 of 1,933 (top 24%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Company |
| Runtime | 1h 59m |
| Release Date | November 1, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt3958276 |