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.
He is married off to a merchant household to teach him discipline, and his wife gradually grows to love his personality.
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.
The drama was filmed in various locations in Japan (including Fukushima, Ibaraki, Kobe, Okayama) and in France.