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Trick

AdventureComedyDrama

Release

7 Jul 2000

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Production

tv asahi

Overview

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"...

Plot

Naoko Yamada is a magician struggling to make ends meet who agrees to partner with Professor Ueda, who has been asked by detectives Yabe and Ishihara for help in investigating crimes committed by people claiming to have supernatur...

Cast

Yukie NakamaHiroshi AbeKatsuhisa Namase

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 7.9/10

Season 1

Air Date:8 Jul 2000
Available

Seasons

3 Seasons and a Special Season

Specials

Specials

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Mother's Fountain: Clairvoyance

Runtime:47m
Air Date:8 Jul 2000Available

Episodes of Season 1

10 episodes

EP 1
EP 2
EP 3
EP 4
EP 5
EP 6
EP 7
EP 8
EP 9
EP 10
S1 E1