{{Short description|2015 Japanese drama TV series}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | alt_name = Tennō no Ryōriban | genre = Drama | creator = Hisahide Sugimori | based_on = {{Based on|''Tennō No Ryōriban''}} | developer = | writer = Yoshiko Morishita | director = Yuichiro Hirakawa, Shingo Okamoto | creative_director = | starring = Takeru Satoh<br>Haru Kuroki<br>Kenta Kiritani<br>Tasuku Emoto<br>Ryohei Suzuki<br>Hideaki Itō<br>Hiromi Go<br>Kaoru Kobayashi | theme_music_composer = | open_theme = | end_theme = "Yume Miru Hito" by Masashi Sada | composer = | country = Japan | language = Japanese | num_seasons = <!-- Or num_series. Increment when new seasons/series begin or production starts. --> | num_episodes = 12 | list_episodes = | producer = Akihiko Ishimaru | editor = | location = Fukushima, Ibaraki, Kobe, Okayama, Paris<ref name="tbs2">{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/tenno_no_ryoriban/interview/interview01.html|title=佐藤 健 |publisher=TBS|accessdate=2016-09-16|language=Japanese}} {{small|[http://stephany-310.tumblr.com/post/116802263939/tenno-no-ryoriban-interview-sato-takeru-san-as trans]}}</ref> | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = 54 min (Japan) | company = TBS | channel = TBS | first_aired = {{Start date|2015|04|26}} | last_aired = {{End date|2015|07|12}} | related = <!-- To be used only for remakes, spin-offs, and adaptations. --> }}
{{Nihongo|'''''The Emperor's Cook'''''|天皇の料理番|Tennō no Ryōriban|lead=yes}} is a 2015 Japanese television drama based on the novel ''Tennō no Ryōriban'' by Hisahide Sugimori, depicting the life of imperial cook Tokuzō Akiyama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2052123/full/|script-title=ja:【TBS】佐藤健主演『天皇の料理番』初回は15.1%|accessdate=2015-05-13|publisher=oricon ME inc.|language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.excite.co.jp/News/reviewmov/20150426/E1430014639853.html|script-title=ja:26日スタート「天皇の料理番」。原作の主人公はかなりの「やんちゃ」佐藤健はどう挑むのか|accessdate=2015-05-13|publisher=Excite Japan Co., Ltd.|language=Japanese}}</ref> It premiered on TBS on 26 April 2015, starring Takeru Satoh in the lead role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/tv/interview/20150425-OYT8T50014.html|script-title=ja:佐藤健さん「天皇の料理番」|accessdate=2015-05-13|publisher=The Yomiuri Shimbun|language=Japanese}}</ref> 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.<ref name="tbs">{{cite web|url=http://www.tbs.co.jp/eng/news/201510260000.html|title=THE EMPEROR'S COOK Wins 4 Awards at the 2015 Tokyo Drama Awards!|date=2015-10-26|publisher=TBS|accessdate=2016-09-16|archive-date=2016-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923002949/http://www.tbs.co.jp/eng/news/201510260000.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Plot== Tokuzō Akiyama is a good-for-nothing young man living in the countryside, who gets easily absorbed in activities he finds interesting, but quickly loses interest and moves on, creating trouble for his family. He is married off to a merchant household to teach him discipline, and his wife gradually grows to love his personality. Tokuzō, however, falls in love again: this time with cooking. As he delivers goods to the army kitchen, the army chef introduces him to cutlet, which prompts Tokuzō to learn the craft. On a whim, he decides to leave his wife to study cooking in Tokyo. Amid hardship and humiliation, the young man who never felt compelled to stick to a job, keeps his dream to become the emperor's cook at only 25 years of age.
==Cast== *Takeru Satoh - Tokuzō Akiyama *Haru Kuroki - Toshiko Takahama *Kenta Kiritani - Shintarō Matsui *Tasuku Emoto - Tatsukichi Yamagami *Saki Takaoka - Ume Morita *Gajirō Satō - Sennosuke Morita *Sei Ashina - Kayano *Ryū Morioka - Kurasaburō Akiyama *Anna Ishibashi - Mitsuko Takahama *Yoshiyuki Tsubokura - Okumura *Jinta Nishizawa - Masashi Sasaki *Daisuke Kuroda - Araki *Takeshi Ōnishi - Sekiguchi *Mamoru Watanabe - Sugiyama *Hirotaka Ōkuma - Fujita *Yūji Kido - Suzuki *Ryōhei Suzuki - Shūtarō Akiyama *Tetsuya Takeda - Professor Shōgo Kirizuka *Hideaki Itō - Sergeant Yūkichi Tanabe (Cook of the 36th Infantry Regiment) *Yumi Asō - Okichi (Shūtarō's lodging house landlady)<ref name="TBS">[http://www.tbs.co.jp/tenno_no_ryoriban/cast/ TBS official website] (in Japanese)</ref> *Masaya Kato - Takeshirō Iogi (Chef to the British Minister to Japan) *Yōjin Hino - Kinnosuke Takahama *Satoko Ōshima - Harue Takahama *Jun Miho - Fuki Akiyama *Tetta Sugimoto - Shūzō Akiyama *Kaoru Kobayashi - Kamaichi Usami (Chef of the Peer's Club) *Hiromi Go - Japanese Ambassador to France Shin'ichirō Awano *Noémie Nakai - Simone *Kazuyuki Asano - Viscount Hayato Fukuba (Director of the Imperial Cuisine Division, Ministry of the Imperial Household)<ref name="TBS"/> *Kazue Itoh - Takigawa (Lady-in-waiting of Empress Teimei)<ref name="vid">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dramatv.tv/watch-drama/tennou-no-ryouriban-ep-10-english-sub.html |title=From the telop of ''Emperor's Cook'' episode 10 |access-date=2015-07-02 |archive-date=2015-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710003222/http://dramatv.tv/watch-drama/tennou-no-ryouriban-ep-10-english-sub.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Emi Wakui - Empress Teimei<ref name="TBS"/> *Zen Kajihara - Emperor Showa<ref>[http://siscompany.com/02manage/44kajihara/index.htm SIS Company Inc. official profile page of Zen Kajihara] (in Japanese)</ref> * Sapphira Van Doorn - Françoise
==Episodes== {{Episode table |background= |EpisodeNumber= |Title= |director= |OriginalAirDate= |viewers= |viewersT=Ratings<br />(%) |dontclose = y }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = 〜時代を超える人間の愛と命の感動物語〜 どうしようもない男が百年前に見た料理への果てなき夢… | DirectedBy = Yuichiro Hirakawa | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|04|26}} | Viewers = 15.9% | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 8F95B1 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = 料理はまごころ | DirectedBy = Yuichiro Hirakawa | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|05|03}} | Viewers = 11.4% | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 8F95B1 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = あいしてるの決断 | DirectedBy = Shingo Okamoto | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|05|10}} | Viewers = 12.0% | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 8F95B1 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = 愛し君よサラバ | DirectedBy = Yuichiro Hirakawa | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|05|17}} | Viewers = 12.7% | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 8F95B1 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = おさな夫婦の結末 | DirectedBy = Yuichiro Hirakawa | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|05|24}} | Viewers = 14.5% | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 8F95B1 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = 愛と命の果てパリ | DirectedBy = Yuichiro Hirakawa | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|05|31}} | Viewers = 14.1% | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 8F95B1 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = パリと差別と結婚 | DirectedBy = Yūji Nakamae | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|07}} | Viewers = 14.9% | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 8F95B1 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | Title = パリでの卒業式 | DirectedBy = Yūji Nakamae | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|14}} | Viewers = 15.3% | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 8F95B1 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | Title = 皇居編〜ザリガニと御即位の御大礼 | DirectedBy = Yuichiro Hirakawa | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|21}} | Viewers = 16.7% | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 8F95B1 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | Title = 皇居編〜関東大震災と家族の決意 | DirectedBy = Daisuke Yamamuro | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|06|28}} | Viewers = 16.1% | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 8F95B1 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | Title = 皇居編〜最愛の人と最後の晩餐 | DirectedBy = Yuichiro Hirakawa | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|07|05}} | Viewers = 16.8% | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 8F95B1 }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | Title = 完結〜料理番の人生敗戦の料理番がGHQに起こした愛の奇跡 | DirectedBy = Yuichiro Hirakawa | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|07|12}} | Viewers = 17.7% | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 8F95B1 }} {{Episode table end}}
==Production== The drama was filmed in various locations in Japan (including Fukushima, Ibaraki, Kobe, Okayama) and in France. Takeru Satoh took cooking classes and practice knife skills for four months to portray the character and did the cooking scenes without a stand-in.<ref name="tbs2" /> The French and English lines are also spoken by Satoh without post-dubbing.
==Accolades== {| class="wikitable sortable" width="90%" ! colspan="5" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Awards |- ! Award ! Date of ceremony ! Category ! Nominees ! Result |- | rowspan="6"| 85th Television Drama Academy Awards <ref>{{cite web| url= https://thetv.jp/feature/drama-academy/85/awards/best-actor/|script-title=ja:第85回ザテレビジョンドラマアカデミー賞|language=Japanese}}</ref> | rowspan="6"| August 12, 2015 | Best Drama | ''The Emperor's Cook'' | {{won}} |- | Best Actor | Takeru Satoh | {{won}} |- | Best Supporting Actress | Haru Kuroki | {{won}} |- | Best Supporting Actor | Ryohei Suzuki | {{won}} |- | Best Script | Yoshiko Morishita | {{won}} |- | Best Directing | Yuichiro Hirakawa, Shingo Okamoto, Yuji Nakamae, Daisuke Yamamuro | {{won}} |- | rowspan="4"| 8th International Drama Festival in Tokyo<ref name="tbs" /> | rowspan="4"| October 21, 2015 | The Grand Prix | ''The Emperor's Cook'' | {{won}} |- | Best Actor | Takeru Satoh | {{won}} |- | Best Actress | Haru Kuroki | {{won}} |- | Best Supporting Actor | Ryohei Suzuki | {{won}} |- | rowspan=3| 24th Hashida Awards<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2071438/full/|title=吉田羊、熱愛報道後初公の場 関係者が制止で言及せず|date=2016-05-10|publisher=Oricon|accessdate=2016-09-16|language=Japanese}}</ref> | rowspan=3|May 10, 2016 | Best Actor | Takeru Satoh | {{won}} |- | Best Supporting Actor | Ryohei Suzuki | {{won}} |- | Best Drama | ''The Emperor's Cook'' |{{won}} |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.tbs.co.jp/tenno_no_ryoriban/}} {{in lang|ja}} * {{Official website|http://www.tbs.co.jp/eng/programsales/drama/emperorscook.html}} * {{IMDb title|4258302|The Emperor's Cook}}
{{S-start}} {{Succession box | before = ''Ryūsei Wagon'' <br/><small>(18 January 2015 - 22 March 2015)</small> | title = TBS Sunday Dramas<br/> Sundays 21:00 - 21:54 (JST) | years = | after = ''Napoleon no Mura'' <br/><small>(19 July 2015 - 20 September 2015)</small> |-}} {{s-end}}
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