Scams (2019)★ 6.4/10
- Action
- Crime
- Drama
Directed by: Yûki Hara, Yûki Kobayashi
Written by: Yûki Hara, Daisuke Suzuki, Jun Tsugita
Hit hard by the Lehman shock, a well-meaning young man joins a phone scam operation and gets increasingly embroiled in the underworld.
- Original title
- Scams
- Storyline
- Seijitsu Kusano (Yosuke Sugino) graduated from a prestigious university and landed a job at a large company. His life seemed to be on a smooth sailing journey, but things change drastically for him. Due to the Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy, Seijitsu Kusano is laid off from his job. This is just 6 months after he started work there. Making things worse, his sick father requires expensive medical treatment that his insurance does not cover. Seijitsu Kusano is also pressured by a bank to repay his student loan. He is now in a desperate situation. Seijitsu Kusano then sees a notice for a job that promises lavish pay. His job turns out to require Seijitsu Kusano to withdraw money from elderly people's bank accounts. These people are victims of voice phishing.
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 491
- Companies
- Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS), Netflix
- Release dates
- JP July 1, 2019
- AR November 6, 2019
- AW November 6, 2019
- DE November 6, 2019
- ES November 6, 2019
- GB November 6, 2019
- NL November 6, 2019