Tokyo Swindlers
2024 Japanese television series
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Tokyo Swindlers (Japanese: 地面師たち, Hepburn: Jimenshitachi) is a Japanese streaming television series directed and written by Hitoshi One.[1] Produced by Nikkatsu Corporation and Booster Project for Netflix, and stars Go Ayano and Etsushi Toyokawa.[2] The series was released worldwide on July 25, 2024.[3][4]
| Tokyo Swindlers | |||||
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Promotional release poster | |||||
| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 地面師たち | ||||
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| Genre | |||||
| Based on | Tokyo Swindlers by Ko Shinjo | ||||
| Written by | Hitoshi One Ko Shinjo | ||||
| Directed by | Hitoshi One | ||||
| Starring | |||||
| Theme music composer | Takkyu Ishino | ||||
| Country of origin | Japan | ||||
| Original language | Japanese | ||||
| No. of episodes | 7 | ||||
| Production | |||||
| Producers | Yoshida Kenichi Miyake Harue | ||||
| Production locations | Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| Cinematography | Ato Shoichi Morishita Shigeki | ||||
| Running time | 38-67 minutes | ||||
| Production companies | Nikkatsu Corporation Booster Project | ||||
| Original release | |||||
| Network | Netflix | ||||
| Release | July 25, 2024 | ||||
Cast
- Go Ayano[5] as Takumi Tsujimoto
- Etsushi Toyokawa[5] as Harrison Yamanaka
- Kazuki Kitamura[6] as Takeshita
- Eiko Koike[5] as Reiko
- Pierre Taki[6] as Goto
- Shota Sometani[6] as Nagai
- Izumi Matsuoka[7] as Natsumi Kawai
- Kaito Yoshimura[7] as Kaede
- Anthony[7] as Orochi
- Satoru Matsuo[7] as Sunaga
- Taro Suruga[7] as Maki
- Makita Sports[7] as Hayashi
- Elaiza Ikeda[7] as Detective Kuramochi
- Lily Franky[7] as Detective Tatsu
- Koji Yamamoto[7] as Takashi Aoyagi
Production
Reception
James Hadfield writing for The Japan Times rated the series 3 stars (out of 5).[11] Daniel Hart of Ready Steady Cut assigns the series 3.5 stars.[12] Jenny Nixon of Common Sense Media gave the series a four out of five stars.[13] Jan Lee of The Straits Times gave the series a rating of 4/5 stars.[14]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 6 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.3/10.[15] Joel Keller of Decider[16] and Graeme Blundell of The Australian reviewed the series.[17]
