Scams

Scams, commonly stylised as SCAM$, is a Japanese mini-tv series based on the novel Rojin Kui. The series follows a young man who joins a phone scam operation at the expense of his freedom. The series goes by the name スカム, sukamu in Japanese-speaking territories.

Summary
"Hit hard by the Lehman shock, a well-meaning young man joins a phone scam operation and gets increasingly embroiled in the underworld."

- Netflix Synopsis

The series is set in 2009, shortly after unemployment rocketed in Japan due to the bankruptcy of the Lehman Brothers. Poverty has increased and this leads to Seijitsu Kusano joining a phone scamming operation that leads to his increasing involvement in the underworld.

Cast and Characters

 * Yosuke Sugino as Seijitsu Kusano
 * Tomoya Maeno as Soichi Kiyomiya
 * Maika Yamamoto as Misaki Azuma
 * Junki Tozuka as Shotaro Tanaka
 * Shodai Fukuyama as Tatsuya Kurusu
 * Ron Mizuma as Yohei Mori
 * Takuya Wakabayashi as Taku Goriki
 * Asuka Hanamura as Hana Tsujihime


 * Shuntarou Yanagi as Onuma
 * Takashi Yamanaka as Ryo Yamada
 * Masato Wada as Kaoru Tokugawa
 * Naomi Nishida as Sachiko Kusano
 * Tetta Sugimoto as Tojo
 * Ryouhei Ootani as Yasushi Jinbu

Episodes

 * Episode 1
 * Episode 2
 * Episode 3
 * Episode 4
 * Episode 5
 * Episode 6
 * Episode 7
 * Episode 8
 * Episode 9