Trick
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…
Comedy, Drama • Series • 2000 • 3 seasons
Starring: Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe, Katsuhisa Namase
Created by: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
S1 E1 - Mother's Fountain: Clairvoyance
Struggling financially, and months behind with her rent, magician Naoko Yamada responds to an advertisement from Professor Jiro Ueda. He is offering a reward of ¥300,000 for anyone who can convince him of their supernatural powers. Naoko aims to collect the cash by trickery, using skills that she has learned throughout her career as a magician. However, Ueda will only pay out if Naoko helps him to uncover the mysterious secrets of The Mother's Fountain, a religious cult.
Jul 7, 2000 • 47m
S1 E2 - Mother's Fountain: Through walls
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 Aoki, but Big Mother and the cult know precisely where they are.
Jul 14, 2000 • 47m
S1 E3 - Mother's Fountain: Mother's death
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 receives a chilling prediction from Big Mother.
Jul 28, 2000 • 47m
S1 E4 - Whole Village Vanished: All the villagers disappeared
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 the sinister Miracle MItsui. Can Mitsui make Jiro's head disappear?
Aug 4, 2000 • 47m
S1 E5 - Whole Village Vanished: Missing Village... Resolution Guide
As Naoko, Jiro and Yabe unravel Miracle Mitsui's elaborate web of deception, a much more sinister truth begins to emerge.
Aug 11, 2000 • 46m
S1 E6 - Women who kill with pantomime: The secret of the teleportation murder
Miyuki Kurosaka claims that she can kill using psychic powers. Naoko and Jiro don't believe it but then bodies start to pile up.
Aug 18, 2000 • 47m
S1 E7 - Women who kill with pantomime: Surprising remote murder trick
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 watching his favorite TV show.
Aug 25, 2000 • 47m
S1 E8 - Clairvoyant man
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 deception.
Sep 1, 2000 • 46m
S1 E9 - Kuromon Island: The real culprit killed him
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 needed there. Meanwhile, Ueda experiments with an aphrodisiac.
Sep 8, 2000 • 46m
S1 E10 - Kuromon Island: The real culprit is you
Naoko goes to Kokumon island to marry and her new husband reveals some alarming details. Ueda turns up in pursuit of the treasure on Kokumon, but when it's discovered, neither he nor Naoko get what they expected.
Sep 15, 2000 • 46m
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Trick
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"...
Comedy, Drama • TV Series • 2000
