7.5
Trick (2000)
7.2 3 seasons 31 episodes Ended
Although 23 year old Yamada Naoko is a "super" magician, she is continously fired and constantly hounded by her landlady for the rent being late. After being fired once again, her boss shows her an ad of a physics professor, a non-believer of all things magical, offering money to anyone who can prove to him that magic is real. Desperately needing the money, Naoko accepts the challenge, which is how she comes to meet Professor Ueda. Falling prey to her simple magic tricks, Ueda is impressed, and enlists Naoko to help him uncover the tricks behind a local cult. Their hilarious antics, along with those of police officer Yabe, leads them onto further mysteries, all with tricks needing to be solved in sort of an "X-Files" meets "Scooby-Doo"...
Seasons & episodes
E1Mother's Fountain: ClairvoyanceJul 7, 2000 · 47m
Struggling financially, and months behind with her rent, magician Naoko Yamada responds to an advertisement from Professor Jiro Ueda. He is…
E2Mother's Fountain: Through wallsJul 14, 2000 · 47m
Naoko and Jiro rescue Miwako and flee, but Jiro's car runs out of fuel. They are forced to seek refuge in a house owned by a hunter called…
E3Mother's Fountain: Mother's deathJul 28, 2000 · 47m
Left with little choice, Naoko and Jiro return to the cult's headquarters. Naoko is compelled to shoot Jiro to prove her beliefs, and she r…
E4Whole Village Vanished: All the villagers disappearedAug 4, 2000 · 47m
Jiro and Naoko are enlisted by the police to find out why the entire population of a village has disappeared. When they arrive, they meet t…
E5Whole Village Vanished: Missing Village... Resolution GuideAug 11, 2000 · 46m
As Naoko, Jiro and Yabe unravel Miracle Mitsui's elaborate web of deception, a much more sinister truth begins to emerge.
E6Women who kill with pantomime: The secret of the teleportation murderAug 18, 2000 · 47m
Miyuki Kurosaka claims that she can kill using psychic powers. Naoko and Jiro don't believe it but then bodies start to pile up.
E7Women who kill with pantomime: Surprising remote murder trickAug 25, 2000 · 47m
Kurosaka mimes another murder and a third man dies. Satomi makes an impromptu visit to see Naoko and Ueda is inspired to solve the case by…
E8Clairvoyant manSep 1, 2000 · 46m
A man claiming to be a clairvoyant is charging exorbitant prices for his good luck charms. Naoko and Ueda must find a way to expose his dec…
E9Kuromon Island: The real culprit killed himSep 8, 2000 · 46m
Naoko speaks to her dead father. Two men from Kokumon island, her mother's old home, contact Naoko and insist that her spiritual powers are…
E10Kuromon Island: The real culprit is youSep 15, 2000 · 46m
Naoko goes to Kokumon island to marry and her new husband reveals some alarming details. Ueda turns up in pursuit of the treasure on Kokumo…
Cast
Yukie NakamaNaoko Yamada
Hiroshi AbeJiro Ueda
Katsuhisa NamaseKenzo Yabe
Yoko NogiwaSatomi Yamada
Masumi OkadaYamada's father
Riko NarumiYoung Naoko
