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.

2013 film by Nobuhiro Yamashita

The midnight diner's master serves up food and sympathy to more motley customers, ranging from yakuza to pachinko parlor workers to strippers.

Each night a midnight diner serves up just four dishes, but customers aren't really there for the food: They've come for advice and a sympathetic ear.