Tokyo Swindlers

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
Promotional release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	地面師たち
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Jimenshitachi
Genre	Crime drama Thriller
Based on	Tokyo Swindlers by Ko Shinjo
Written by	Hitoshi One Ko Shinjo
Directed by	Hitoshi One
Starring	Go Ayano Etsushi Toyokawa
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 (2024-07-25)

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

In February 2024, The series was announced on Netflix.^[8] It is based on Ko Shinjo's Tokyo Swindlers.^[9] The filming of the series concluded in 2023.^[10]

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]