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Film Review of “Midnight Dinner”

Since the movie was released in 2011, “Midnight Dinner” has been enjoying great

popularity among the Japanese audience and the audience from other corners of the world.

Unlike the Hollywood films that feature fantastic visual effects and thrilling plots, “Midnight

Dinner” still leaves deep impressions on me. Set in a small Izakaya that has 12 seats and

opens between 12 a.m. to 7 a.m., this movie series narrates the story between the owner “The

Master” and his guests, with each episode usually featuring one major character. Despite its

simple setting, “Midnight Dinner” still successfully appeals to the viewers and brings them a

sense of warmth at the same time of bringing a sense of mystery and introducing the Japanese

food.

Although the food presented in this film is quite ordinary, it still catches the viewer's’

hearts and brings them a sense of warmth in a dark night of loneliness. As a movie that occurs in a Izakaya, one essential aspect that decides the attractiveness of the movie is

whether it presents delicious food of good quality to the consumers. If the food is not

attractive enough, then this movie will be likely to fail. For instance, in “Eat Drink Man

Woman,” Taiwanese director Ang Lee pays great attention to the description of the food

presented in the camera. For instance, as the family members of Mr. Zhu get together and eat

dinner, only three courses are offered on the table. But these three courses that are quite rich

in color and complex in texture are visually appealing and fully reveal the excellent cooking

skills of Mr. Zhu. As the viewers watch this scene, they will also get tempted by the fabulous

food. However, as the viewers watch “Midnight Dinner,” they will immediately realize that

the movie does not present a variety of courses that look fantastic. Instead, the courses

offered in this Izakaya are ordinary and overwhelmingly pork miso soup, an ordinary and

cheap course quite common to see in Japan. Despite the simple materials, the audiences could

still feel The Master’s excellent cooking skills. As the Master says that he will “do the best he

can” with all the materials he has to satisfy the consumers’ requirements (Abe), he

demonstrates his great familiarity with different Japanese courses and his great confidence in

his cooking skills. In fact, the simple courses also help transfer the attention of the consumers

from the tastes of the courses to the plot of the whole movies.The narrative style of “Midnight Dinner” that usually focuses on one guest could guide

the viewers to dig deep into the psychological activities of the guests, which makes it more

likely for viewers to resonate. I still remember clearly the first time I saw “Midnight Dinner.”

It is about a female called Kawashima Tamako as a mistress of a rich old man. However,

after that old man is dead, she gets nothing in return and goes to the Master’s Izakaya. As I

listen to the conversation between the Master and Kawashima Tamako, I learn that Tamako is

also a victim. Although it is the choice of her to become a mistress, Tamako is also a victim

of poverty who has been on the verge of starvation in her childhood. As a result, she becomes

cold to such emotions and feelings as love, friendship, and so on. However, with the Master

as a complete stranger, she could tell whatever she wants and how she feels about her past

experience. Tamako is not the only one who could not tell the surrounding people about the

true thoughts. There are other people in “Midnight Dinner” who have issues in their social

relationships and could not fall asleep at night going to Izakaya and talking with the Master.

For those modern viewers who have been suffering from loneliness and choose to watch TVs

late at night, Izakaya is greatly appealing. It has become a shelter where they could release

their inner thoughts and tell their inner thoughts at will. During this process, a sense of mystery is created. On the one hand, although this movie

features the Master as the protagonist, quite limited information could be gained from the

movie. It is even impossible to know the past experience of the Master. On the other hand, it

is the same case with the guests who make their appearances in the Izakaya. Little is known

about where they would go and what would happen to them. The presence of the mysterious

sense is of great importance to illustrate that the statuses between the guests and the Master

are equal. They also have no possible conflicts of interests. That is why the guests are willing

to tell their stories and become open to the Master. It also gives the Master the position to

offer valuable advice by standing in the position of caring for the guests without causing the

doubts from the latter. In other words, the sense of mystery to a large extent helps cultivate

the atmosphere of the pub as a shelter of acquiring healing and gaining warmth in a busy

urban city.

Based on the above illustration, it is quite apparent that “Midnight Dinner” is an excellent

movie. Although all the stories happen in a small Izakaya that has 12 seats and opens

between 12 a.m. to 7 a.m, the stories are quite engaging and attractive. The food introduced

in this movie is simple but delicious and demonstrates the excellent skills of the Master.

“Midnight Dinner” successfully appeals to the viewers and bring them a sense of worms at

the same time of bringing a sense of mystery and introducing the Japanese food. In an era

when the social relationships between people become more remote and distant, Izakaya introduced in “Midnight Dinner” offers an excellent shelter where the guests could feel the

warmth and the desires to express themselves.

Works Cited

Abe, Yaro, director. Midnight Diner. Takeshi Moriya, 2011.

Lee, Ang, director. Eat Drink Man Woman. The Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1994.