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MONEY
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2 seasons · 20 episodes total · ~10 per season.
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Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
2016 2 seasons · 20 eps Japanese
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Synopsis
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In an otherwise mundane diner open from midnight to 7 a.m., there is no menu – but the chef cooks anything his customers want. Each episode is about different a different customer, as they find simple yet profound connections with one another based on their shared love of a particular dish.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Cast
Kaoru Kobayashi
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Created by
Jōji Matsuoka, Nobuhiro Yamashita
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CRAFT
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Roughly 8 hours end-to-end — 1 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Aired from 2016 to 2019 — a 3-year run.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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WORLD
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Show type: Scripted.
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AWARDS
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Created by Jōji Matsuoka, Nobuhiro Yamashita.
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CAST
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Airs on Netflix.
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The technical file
- Seasons
- 2
- Total episodes
- 20
- Avg episode length
- 24 min
- Premiered
- 2016-10-21
- Last aired
- 2019-10-31
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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