Great Pretender (GREAT PRETENDER)

SUGIYAMA MARKET

It's her death anniversary.

Sorry I haven't visited your grave in a while.

I've been through a lot lately.

OZAKI FAMILY GRAVE

I'll tell you all about it.

IZAKAYA CHICKEN

I'm ashamed of it, but after you died, Mom,

I was scamming the elderly and the gullible.

One day, I met an arrogant and pretentious Frenchman named Laurent.

Everyone calls him a blond bastard.

I was going to scam him , but got scammed instead.

Before I knew it, I'd become his accomplice.

He and his crew are international con artists.

Who the hell are you two?

We're con artists.

Our first target

was the boss of the Los Angeles narcotics mafia, Eddie Cassano.

I played the role of a laboratory scientist.

We sold him plain old candy that we said was a new narcotic.

You brat!

We scammed him out of over 100 million dollars.

Cassano was also arrested by the FBI, and his organization crumbled.

Oh, right. We got one of his gang members to walk free.

Besides Laurent, there are some other real characters, like Abbie.

She looks pretty darn...

How do I put this?

She's kind of cute, but...

Are you running, you trash?

...she's a ruthless beast inside.

Singapore was intense.

We targeted two brother princes who were making a killing by fixing the sky races.

The blond bastard opened an underground casino in a Bay Sands suite.

I infiltrated the target's team as a mechanic.

Abbie played a pilot.

Laurent scammed them out of their money,

but Abbie and I got in a bind.

-Let's die together. -Three, two, one...

-What? -...zero!

We ended up jumping out of the Marina Bay Sands.

I seriously thought I was going to die.

It's time for the sexy queen, Cynthia, to show what she's got.

There's another lady who's a real handful.

As for her looks, she's pretty darn gorgeous.

She's around 40, but acts like a woman in her 20s

who loves money and liquor.

But in London, I saw an unexpected side of her.

We ran a fake black-market auction

to scam a corrupt art dealer known as the "Art World's 007."

Let's take on the job.

Cynthia was determined to get him.

The art dealer took advantage of her ex-boyfriend

and ruined their lives.

If that had never happened, Cynthia would probably be...

Then again, maybe she wouldn't.

There's also Shi Ohn, a fearless veteran.

She and Laurent go way back.

And there's the old guy Kudo who I used to run scams with.

He's a good guy and a quick study.

Laurent has lots of other associates all over the place.

They're pretty cheerful bastards.

It was actually pretty fun.

I know what I'm doing isn't right.

I just wanted you to hear it.

Thanks.

I'm beat.

So am I.

Carry me.

In a little bit.

Why not, you meanie?

It's good enough here.

You can open them now.

Laurent!

Hey!

Cynthia made lunch, so hurry up and get out of bed.

The brutal return to reality.

What's your problem? Beer for breakfast?

It's wheat juice.

What's next? Pro wrestling?

We're still short one person.

I guess it's not easy playing dead.

Without context, it makes no sense.

Get a better scenario.

Play like that somewhere else.

What a tough audience for my last performance.

Last performance?

Yes, I've come to say goodbye.

Yes, right. There you go again.

Let's talk outside.

When you're a con artist, you'll eventually end up like that.

There's no way I want to die like that.

To be honest, I despise you.

I only appreciate you a tiny bit.

I'd been stagnating in Japan, but you revived me.

How can I put this?

At this rate, I'll lose sight of myself.

I might start believing all the lies I've been telling in order to con people.

That thought frightens me.

But you already know all that.

I'll admit, you always put your heart into it.

That's exactly why you can persuade people.

I guess it's time for a change.

I know it's hard to believe I mean it since I've missed my chance to do so.

Any regrets?

If I did, it would be that I never truly conned you.

Tough luck.

I don't have much advice for you.

Just do what you feel is right.

If you follow your gut feeling, you'll naturally find the right path.

See you around, Laurent.

I'm going back to Japan to start my life over again.

I don't know what I can do.

I'll just...

do some serious job hunting and earn an honest living.

You guys have fooled me many times,

but I won't be deceived so easily anymore.

SUGIYAMA MARKET

So, no one in your family is in law enforcement?

No.

SELFLESS DEVOTION TO OTHERS

What's this? You have a criminal record.

I'll ignore that for now. What have you been doing since then?

I did various jobs around the world.

Whereabouts?

Let's see...

Hollywood in the US.

Near the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

Around London, England.

And Paris and Nice in France.

I see. Not for sightseeing, right?

Right.

I thought I could make use of my skills at your trading company.

I know you won't trust me so easily.

But...

I want to start my life over again, so I'll do my best.

Start over, huh?

-Are you good at English? -Yes.

But some say I have a bit of an accent. I don't think so though.

My mother taught classical Chinese, so I learned a little Chinese from her.