The Black Swindler (2008) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

2008 · 127 mins · Japanese

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Directed by

Yasuharu Ishii

Starring

Tsutomu Yamazaki, Tomohisa Yamashita, Naoto Takenaka, Honoka Ishibashi, Yui Ichikawa, Kaoru Okunuki

There are three kinds of swindlers: the “White Swindler,” who steals money from naïve victims; the “Red Swindler,” who preys on love and captures a person’s body and soul; and the “Black Swindler,” who targets those very swindlers, feeding on the corruption they have built. Kurosaki, once a victim who lost his family, becomes this Black Swindler, hunting only other fraudsters. He is hired by Reiko, whose sick daughter’s money was taken by a conman named Ishigaki, only to discover an even larger scheme that threatens Japan’s economy.