The Confidence Man JP

Dako is a con woman. She stays at a suite in a luxury hotel and schemes to take money from vicious wealthy people like yakuza bosses and evil businessmen. She works with Boku-chan and Richard. Boku-chan is a sincere and timid young con man. Richard is a veteran con man. Dako is able to master knowledge from various professions in a short period of time and disguises herself as someone working in that field. Along with Boku-chan and Richard, they carry their plans using fantastic teamwork.

The Confidence Man JP (2018) is a Japanese caper comedy series created by Ryota Kosawa for Fuji TV. Masami Nagasawa plays Dako, a con woman who works from a luxury hotel suite and convincingly becomes an expert in whatever profession a scheme requires. She is joined by Masahiro Higashide as Boku-chan, a sincere and timid young con man, and Fumiyo Kohinata as Richard, a veteran fraudster. Each episode follows the team as they set up a plan to strip money from vicious targets such as yakuza bosses and greedy businessmen, with Dako's shifting disguises driving the escalating tricks. The single season of ten episodes is a self-contained run of case-driven capers rather than a continuing serial. The tone is breezy, playful and gleeful, with the pleasure coming from clever misdirection and the crew's fine teamwork. Fans of Leverage, Hustle and Lupin the Third will find plenty of resonance here, as will viewers drawn to witty con artist ensembles in a glossy, modern Japanese setting.

Audiences rate the season well, praising its slick caper pleasures and the charm of its three-person con team.

• Lupin the Thirdshared caper structure, charismatic con artist ensemble, heist-style scheming against wealthy villains
• Leverageshared con artist teamwork, playful deception of greedy elites, episodic mark-of-the-week plots
• The Griftersshared con artist ensemble, elaborate cons against corrupt wealthy targets, light crime comedy tone
• Hustleshared con artist team dynamic and witty elaborate schemes against ruthless marks

Created by

Ryota Kosawa

Release Date

2018-04-09

Episode runtime

54 min

Rating

7.5 / 10 (35)

What is The Confidence Man JP about?

A brilliant con woman and her two accomplices take down wealthy and criminal targets through elaborate, teamwork-driven schemes.

What is The Confidence Man JP like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Confidence Man JP as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is The Confidence Man JP violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Confidence Man JP as mild.

What did critics think of The Confidence Man JP?

Audiences rate the season well, praising its slick caper pleasures and the charm of its three-person con team.

Which shows are like The Confidence Man JP?

Shows with a similar feel include Lupin the Third, Leverage, The Grifters, and Hustle.

How long is The Confidence Man JP?

The Confidence Man JP: 1 season, 10 episodes.

Is The Confidence Man JP still running?

No, The Confidence Man JP has ended.

Where can I watch The Confidence Man JP?

In United States, The Confidence Man JP streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Doki Amazon Channel.