Yuki Hara
Director
SCAMS (2019)
Season 1
Hit hard by the Lehman shock, a well-meaning young man joins a phone scam operation and gets increasingly embroiled in the underworld.
Released July 1, 2019
Episode 24 min
None+
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Watch Providers: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Production Companies: Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS)
Network: MBS
S1E1 - Episode 1
After losing his corporate job, Makoto is broke and increasingly in debt. With no prospects and nowhere to turn, he takes up a suspicious offer.
July 1, 2019, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 2
Makoto begins a hellish training program for new-hires. Unlike the other trainees, he knows this work is illegal, but he’s determined to keep the job.
July 8, 2019, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 3
The elderly are hoarding money, and they’re a cancer on Japan. Hearing this, Makoto throws himself into defrauding seniors, but he feels conflicted.
July 15, 2019, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 4
Pressured into expanding his operation, Kanbe asks Makoto to lead the team. Despite the impossibly high monthly quota, Makoto relishes his new role.
July 22, 2019, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 5
After a dangerous encounter with Yamada, Makoto realizes he's in too deep to quit. His increasingly suspicious mother confronts him.
July 29, 2019, midnight
S1E6 - Episode 6
Harassed by the elderly in her job as a home care worker, a fed up Sachiko decides to support Makoto in his misdeeds and provides him with client data.
Aug. 5, 2019, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 7
Makoto fears a teammate may be connected to the burglaries targeting Sachiko's client list. He decides to call it quits once he meets his quota.
Aug. 12, 2019, midnight
S1E8 - Episode 8
After finding out that Seimiya was involved in the burglaries, Dokugawa accuses Makoto of also being an accomplice.
Aug. 19, 2019, midnight
S1E9 - Episode 9
As the operation crumbles, the team works to destroy all their evidence. The police are closing in, but Makoto tries to act like everything's fine.
Aug. 26, 2019, midnight
MBS
24 min/ep
216 min
July 1, 2019
Aug. 26, 2019, midnight
Ended
NR
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