TV Movie: The Ambassador's Chef (literal title)
Romaji: Taishi Kakka no Ryourinin
Japanese: 大使閣下の料理人
Director: Yuichi Sato
Writer: Mitsuru Nishimura (manga), Hiroshi Kawasumi (manga), Yoshihiro Izumi
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 1
Release Date: January 3, 2015
Runtime: Saturday 21:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
In 2013, Ko Osawa (Sho Sakurai) works as sous-chef at a first-class hotel. He cooks French cuisine. His job at the hotel requires him to cook for hundreds of customers, but Ko Osawa prefers to cook for a single customer. One day, he happens to see a pamphlet inquiring about a chef available to work at a diplomat office. Ko ends up taking the job and quits his job at the hotel.
2 years later, Ko now works as the chef at the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam. Ko then takes part in a cook-off against the chef at the French Embassy.
Notes
Based on the manga series "Taishi Kakka no Ryourinin" by Mitsuru Nishimura (writer) & Hiroshi Kawasumi (illustrator) (published from 1998 to 2006 in weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine Weekly Morning).
Character Ran (Ayame Gouriki) was created for the drama special "Taishi Kakka no Ryourinin" and does not exist in the original manga.
Cast
Sho Sakurai as Ko Osawa
Ayame Gouriki as Rei Ti Ran
Koji Ookura as Seiichi Furuta
Shigeaki Kato as Satoru Eguchi
Naoto Takenaka as Shinzo Murakami
Ryoko Hirosue as Hitomi Osawa
Toshiyuki Nishida as Kazuya Kuraki