Drama: Emperor's Cook (literal title)
Romaji: Tenno no Ryoriban
Japanese: 天皇の料理番
Director: Yuichiro Hirakawa, Shingo Okamoto
Writer: Hisahide Sugimori (novel), Yoshiko Morishita
Network: TBS
Episodes:
Release Date: April 26, 2015 --
Runtime: Sundays 21:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
Tokuzo Akiyama (Takeru Satoh) is a young man living in a rural area. One day, he eats cutlet. That experience leads him to become a cook for western style food. He first goes to Tokyo and then Paris, France to learn about the culinary arts. Fighting against discrimination and prejudice, he becomes a chef at the Hotel Ritz in Paris, France. At the age of 26, he becomes the chef for the Emperor of Japan.
Notes
Based on the non-fiction novel "Tenno no Ryoriban" by Hisahide Sugimori (published December, 1979 by Yomiuri Shinbunsha). The main character is based on real person Tokuzo Akiyama (1888-1974).
To prepare for his role as chef, Takeru Satoh began taking cooking lessons from August, 2014 at a culinary school. He also had his hair cut for the film.
Filming begins mid-December, 2014. Filming will also take place in Paris, France.
Cast
Takeru Satoh as Tokuzo Akiyama
Haru Kuroki as Toshiko Takahama
Kenta Kiritani as Shintaro Matsui
Tasuku Emoto as Tatsuyoshi Yamagami
Sei Ashina as Kayano
Ryu Morioka as Kurasaburo Akiyama
Kazuta Sato as Koshiro Akiyama
Ryohei Suzuki as Shutaro Akiyama
Tetsuya Takeda as Shogo Kirizuka
Hideaki Ito as Yukichi Tanabe
Yumi Asou as Okichi
Masaya Kato as Takeshiro Ioki
Yojin Hino as Kinnosuke Takahama
Satoko Oshima as Harugo Takahama
Jun Miho as Fuki Akiyama
Tetta Sugimoto as Shuzo Akiyama
Kaoru Kobayashi as Usami
Additional Cast Members:
Saki Takaoka - Ume Morita
Gajiro Satoh - Sennosuke Morita
Anna Ishibashi - Koshi Takahama
Yoshiyuki Tsubokura - Okumura
Jinta Nishizawa - Masashi Sasaki
Daisuke Kuroda - Araki
Takeshi Onishi - Sekiguchi
Mamoru Watanabe - Sugiyama
Hirotaka Ookuma - Fujita
Yuji Kido - Suzuki