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Makoto Edamura is a con man who is said to be “Japan’s greatest swindler.” One day, after trying to pickpocket a foreigner, Edamura finds that all of his money was stolen instead. Chasing the man down all the way to Los Angeles, he learns the foreigner is Laurent Thierry, a French con man with ties to international criminal organizations. After Edamura follows Thierry and thwarts his big drug deal, Thierry gets tied up and left to die on the famous Hollywood sign.

Source: ANN