Overview

During the late Edo period when the Tenpo Reforms are in force, public discontent is growing over the collusive relationships between merchants and government officials. Kakie Shinpeita (Kitamura Kazuki) is a samurai who possesses a highly sensitive palate and remarkable knowledge of food. His family publishes a tabloid-style newspaper in block print that covers local happenings. However, Shinpeita is only interested in food and how to prepare it. He scours Edo looking for food stories to report as he uses his sense of taste and knowledge to help the Kitamachi magistrate Toyama Kinshiro (Nakamura Hashinosuke) to solve baffling cases that occur in the capital.

Cast

Kazuki Kitamura

Kakie Shinpeita

Ken Nishida

Kawachiya Uhei

Mayumi Wakamura

Oroku

Hashinosuke Nakamura

Toyama Kinshiro

Naoki Kawano

chef Kichiza

Nao Minamisawa

Koichi Miura

Akira Onodera

Masatoshi Nakamura

Ryushi Mizukami