SCAMS
Seen it?2019 | 1 seasons | 24 min | Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a small audience and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and action fans. If you loved MobLand or The Shield, start here.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- One season: easy to finish in a weekend or two, short, snackable episodes, about 4 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Hit hard by the Lehman shock, a well-meaning young man joins a phone scam operation and gets increasingly embroiled in the underworld.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Limited series that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 1K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Created by Daisuke Suzuki, Yuki Hara, Jun Tsugita
- Ron Mizuma
- Ryohei Otani
- Maika Yamamoto
- Naomi Nishida
- Shuntaro Yanagi
- Tomoya Maeno
- Junki Tozuka
- Takashi Yamanaka
- Masato Wada
- Yosuke Sugino