A young screenwriter has to live through a scandal after her affair with her producer is revealed.
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.
The midnight diner's master serves up food and sympathy to more motley customers, ranging from yakuza to pachinko parlor workers to strippers.
Red wieners, again
Highball and fried chicken
Steamed clams
Jellied Fish Stock
Canned Goods
Cream Stew
Pickled Cabbage
Cold Noodles
Nikujaga (Meat-Potato Stew)
Gyoza (Dumplings)
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.