TV series

The Black Swindler

2006 · 1 season

A cool, brooding con-game drama where clever schemes unfold with quiet tension and a lingering ache of family loss.

Created by: Takeshi Natsuhara
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Tomohisa Yamashita, Maki Horikita, Yui Ichikawa

Overview: Kurosaki is a vigilante who scams criminals to rectify their misdeeds, driven by his father's attempted suicide after being deceived by criminal mastermind Toshio Katsuragi, who cost Kurosaki his family.

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Created by: Takeshi Natsuhara
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Tomohisa Yamashita, Maki Horikita, Yui Ichikawa

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
deception
crime
family
justice
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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