The movie "The Confidence Man JP: Princess" (directed by Ryo Tanaka, released in 2020), starring actress Masami Nagasawa, will be broadcast on Fuji TV's "Saturday Premium" slot (9:00 p.m. on Saturday) on December 28th.
"The Confidence Man JP" is a drama series that aired on Fuji TV's "Monday 9" slot from April 2018, and "Princess Edition" is the second movie version. This is a "delightful entertainment comedy" in which confidence tricksters Dako (Nagasawa), Bokkun (Higashide Masahiro), and Richard (Fumiyo Kohinata) use grandiose and fantastical schemes in various industries to swindle large sums of money from people consumed by greed. The special drama "Fortune Edition" was aired in May 2019, and the first movie version "Romance Edition" was released in the same month.
In the "Princess" episode, Dako and her friends become the next "fish" of the world's wealthiest family, the Fuu family. After the death of the head of the family, Raymond (Kinya Kitaoji), the three siblings Bridget (Vivian Hsu), Christopher (Yuda Furukawa), and Andrew (Alan Shirahama) are fighting over the 10 trillion yen inheritance. However, the heir announced by the butler Tony (Kyōhei Shibata) is a secret child, Michelle Fu, whose existence is unknown to anyone.
As the search for Michelle continues, con artists from all over the world gather, claiming to be Michelle, in pursuit of the enormous inheritance. Then, Dako, Bokkun, and Richard also infiltrate the Fuu family and set up a brilliant and bold con game, but the most dangerous situation will come to Dako and her friends, who are well-seasoned. Who will win the position of head of the Fuu family? The biggest deception in history that will involve the whole world begins on the legendary island of Langkawi in Malaysia...
