Midnight Food Store is a Japanese tender film directed by Joji Matsuoka and starring Kobayashi Kaoru. It was released in Japan on October 365438, 2005/KLOC-0.

The film, adapted from Misaki Arai's comic book of the same name, tells the sad and happy story of the guests in a small restaurant that opened late at night in the bustling Shinjuku alley.

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Compared with American TV dramas with excessive adrenaline and Korean TV dramas full of Mary Su plots, Midnight Food Store slowly tells some seemingly insignificant life wisdom with plain narration and elegant painting style, as if it were a light side dish specially cooked for modern people accustomed to gorgeous painting style and sensory stimulation. Refreshing and not greasy, with a long aftertaste.

Whether it's a TV series or a movie version, every story has a title, which is related to food. This shows the director's ingenuity. On the one hand, the story begins in the restaurant, and the appearance of the food is natural. On the other hand, different foods and different stories can not only create different stories, but also taste different flavors of life.