The Emperor's Cook | |
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Also known as | Tennō no Ryōriban |
Genre | Drama |
Created by | Hisahide Sugimori |
Based on | Tennō No Ryōriban |
Written by | Yoshiko Morishita |
Directed by | Yuichiro Hirakawa, Shingo Okamoto |
Starring | Takeru Satoh Haru Kuroki Kenta Kiritani Tasuku Emoto Ryohei Suzuki Hideaki Itō Hiromi Go Kaoru Kobayashi |
Ending theme | "Yume Miru Hito" by Masashi Sada |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Producer | Akihiko Ishimaru |
Production locations | Fukushima, Ibaraki, Kobe, Okayama, Paris[1] |
Running time | 54 min (Japan) |
Production company | TBS |
Original release | |
Network | TBS |
Release | April 26 July 12, 2015 | –
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The Emperor's Cook (Japanese: 天皇の料理番, Hepburn: Tennō no Ryōriban) is a 2015 Japanese television drama based on the novel Tennō no Ryōriban by Hisahide Sugimori, depicting the life of imperial cook Tokuzō Akiyama.[2][3] It premiered on TBS on 26 April 2015, starring Takeru Satoh in the lead role.[4] The 1st episode is 108 minutes, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th episodes are 64 minutes long. The series was well received by the public, earning the highest viewership rating in its time slot during its run time.[5]