Drama: Cook Police Inspector's Dinner Party (literal title)
Romaji: Kokku Keibu no Bansankai
Japanese: コック警部の晩餐会
Director: Yuji Nakamae
Writer:
Network: TBS
Episodes:
Release Date: October 19, 2016 --
Runtime: Wednesdays 00:10-00:40
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Synopsis
Kokku Hoshimitsu of the First Investigative Division is a professional “cook inspector” who solves cases. His investigation policy is “food doesn’t lie”. He has no tolerance for murderers who eat their favourite food without a care after getting away with crime. In order to understand the victims, he will recreate what they ate and focus on reaching a deduction. His partner is the rookie Nanase Azumi who has fulfilled her long-cherished dream to be a detective after developing a love of detective dramas. However, she finds herself stressed to the max because of his unrestricted investigations and also sandwiched between Kokku and the high-handed detective Nekota Norio. One day, Kokku is facing off against the stubborn owner of a popular ramen shop over the ramen when he is summoned by Azumi. She has received word that Anjo Saeko, who used to be a popular top actress, has fallen to death from her apartment. The first person who discovered her dead body is her manager Taguchi Hisashi. He says that he was told her last words over the phone right before her fall so Nekota insists it was a suicide. However, Kokku finds a Nagasaki Chanpon noodle dish left on the table while inspecting the scene and questions whether a person who was about to die would have made this. Then he notices something that gives him some certainty. He visits the apartment of actor Tokunaga Sadaharu who lives in the same building. When Kokku asks for his alibi, Tokunaga unexpectedly confesses that he was in Saeko’s apartment. Kokku then invites Taguchi and Tokunaga to a dinner party with Azumi, Nekota and the head of criminal investigations, Ichijo Chizuru. The truth of the case is revealed through a recreated dish of the Nagasaki Chanpon. ~JDrama Weblog~
Cast
Tasuku Emoto
Ruriko Kojima
Kazuki Enari
Mariko Fuji
Shun Nishime