

Midnight Diner 2
2016-11-05 · 108 min · ★ 7.6
The Master's late-night diner welcomes a woman troubled by funeral fans, an elderly scam victim, and a noodle delivery man struggling with love.
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- Directors
- Jōji Matsuoka
- Production companies
- Toei Company, Geek Sight, AMUSE, Shogakukan, Kinoshita Group, MBS, GEEK PICTURES, RKB Mainichi Broadcasting Corporation, jeki, GYAO
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Kaoru KobayashiMaster
Aoba KawaiNoriko Akatsuka
Koichi SatoIshida
Sosuke IkematsuSeita Takagi
Midoriko KimuraSeiko Takagi
Hijiri KojimaSaori Kimura
Misako WatanabeYukiko Ogawa
Hisashi IgawaTetsuruo Ogawa
Mikako TabeMichiru
Kimiko YoChieko
Joe OdagiriKogure
Mansaku FuwaTadashi
Toshiki AyataKosuzu
Yutaka MatsushigeRyu
Ken MitsuishiNoguchi
Tamae AndoMarilyn
Risa SudouMiki
Asako KobayashiRumi
Nahoko YoshimotoKana
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