Private Banker Episodes 1~3

 

When I saw the name Private Banker I thought it was going to be a show about money lenders for the rich, a sort of Yamikin Ushijima-kun for rich people. 

However, while this private banker played Karasawa Toshiaki is supposed to be protecting the assets of rich people, Private Banker is more of a uncovering scams that only rich people can do and helping people solve their personal problems.

The gimmick of the story is that near the climax, Karasawa, his associate and Suzuki Honami will explain the scam/trick to the person they are helping and then turn the tables around at the end. This is the part I like the most.

Private Banker was a more comedic tone and not to mention some outrageous hair. It feels like Karasawa is playing a variation of his character in Fixer and the show feels so generic. It tries to be funny but I haven't laughed once and the bevy of guest stars every episodes is great but doesn't help the story.

I've said I'll watch any scam but Private Banker is testing that. The main story is about Karasawa working for this Tenguji super rich Tenguji family to protect their assets while they fight over succession money. I could not care less about the Tenguji family. Nice to see Tsuchiya Anna in this though. Have not seen her since Sakuran, I think.

While I was watching the 3 episodes of Private Banker, I kept thinking how much I would rather rewatch Fixer, Scams or first season of Ushijima. Going to drop this and delete. Meh.