Details
Title: トリック
Title (English): Trick
Genre: Mystery, suspense, comedy
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Season 1
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 7.94
Broadcast period: 2000-Jul-01 to 2000-Sep-08
Air time: Friday 23:15-24:10
Theme song: Gekko by Onitsuka Chihiro
Synopsis
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"...
Cast
Main
Nakama Yukie as Yamada Naoko
Narumi Riko as the young Naoko
Abe Hiroshi as Ueda Jiro
Namase Katsuhisa as Yabe Kenzo
Maehara Kazuki as Ishihara Tatsuya
Nogiwa Yoko as Yamada Satomi
Okada Masumi as Yamada's father
Oshima Yoko as Ikeda Haru (Yamada's landlady)
Abedin Mohammed as Jami-kun (Johnny)
Seto Yoichiro as Yamada's secret fan
Episodes 1, 2, & 3
Sugai Kin as Kirishima Sumiko
Yamazaki Hajime as Tsumura Shunsuke
Ito Yuko as Omori Miwako
Kawahara Sabu as Aoki Shogo
Episodes 4 & 5
Sasai Eisuke as Mirakuru Mitsui (aka Miracle Mitsui)
Nakamaru Shinsho as Ito
Matsui Kimie as Tsukada Yasuko
Nihei Kouichi (二瓶鮫一) as Arima Tatsuo
Kaga Kenji (加賀健治) as Maeda (fake)
Takizawa Akihiro (滝沢明弘) as Maeda (real)
Igarashi Mizuho (五十嵐瑞穂) as Tsukada Hitomi
Episodes 6 & 7
Saeki Hinako as Kurosaka Miyuki and Kurosaka Yoko
Seto Masaya (瀬戸将哉) as Umeki Ryuichi
Koyama Shoichi (小山彰一) as Takeshita Fumio
Mikura Mana & Mikura Kana as Kudo Twins
Episode 8
Hashimoto Satoshi as Katsuragi Hiroaki
Yatsu Isao as Kikuchi Toshio
Otsubo Kayo (大坪佳代) as Katsuragi's secretary
Episodes 9 & 10
Kokami Shoji (鴻上尚史) as Kurodu Jinan
Masana Bokuzo as Kurodu Sannan
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Makita Mitsuharu, Hayashi Makoto (林誠人)
Chief Producer: Kuwata Kiyoshi
Producer: Yoshikawa Daisuke (吉川大祐), Makita Mitsuharu
Director: Tsutsumi Yukihiko, Korenaga Katsuya (保母浩章), One Hitoshi (大根仁), Kimura Hisashi (木村ひさし)
Episode Ratings
Episode 1: 07.1%
Episode 2: 08.1%
Episode 3: 07.3%
Episode 4: 08.6%
Episode 5: 08.5%
Episode 6: 07.2%
Episode 7: 06.7%
Episode 8: 06.2%
Episode 9: 09.8%
Episode 10: 09.9%
Recognition
26th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Director: Tsutsumi Yukihiko
Season 2
Episodes: 12
Viewership ratings: 10.57
Broadcast period: 2002-Jan-11 to 2002-Mar-22
Air time: Friday 23:15-24:10
Theme song: Ryuseigun by Onitsuka Chihiro
Synopsis
Trick 2 keeps on describing the strange relationships of Yamada Naoko, a skilled and unemployed magician, and Ueda Jiro a physics teacher who doesn't believe in supernatural powers. Each story gives us the opportunity to meet these funny characters including Police Officer Yabe and Naoko's mother.
Cast
Main
Nakama Yukie as Yamada Naoko
Narumi Riko as the young Naoko
Abe Hiroshi as Ueda Jiro
Namase Katsuhisa as Yabe Kenzo
Maehara Kazuki as Ishihara Tatsuya
Nogiwa Yoko as Yamada Satomi
Oshima Yoko as Ikeda Haru (Yamada's landlady)
Abedin Mohammed as Jami-kun (Johnny)
Seto Yoichiro as Yamada's secret fan
Episodes 1, 2, & 3
Watanabe Ikkei as Hirayama Hirazou
Ishii Kenichi as Tajima
Tokui Yuu as Kameoka Zenzo
Nagae Hidekazu as Tsuruyama
Inuyama Inuko as Kurisu Teiko
Hori Tsukasa (堀つかさ) as Fujino Keiko
Ujiie Megumi as Tajima Misako
Episodes 4, 5, & 6
Gin Pun Chou as Suzuki Yoshiko
Ito Toshihito as Nagabe
Masu Takeshi as Shimizu
Mitsuishi Ken as Ryuzan
Ezawa Moeko as the old lady
Okouchi Hiroshi as Nakano
Episodes 7 & 8
Sano Shiro as Fukami Hiroaki
Tayama Ryosei as Kobayakawa Tatsumi
Ikeuchi Mansaku as Okamoto Hiroshi
Takagi Rina as Kobayakawa Kyoko
Owada Baku and Oshita Yoko (大下容子) as the TV hosts
Episodes 9 & 10
Kobashi Megumi as Tsukamoto Emi
Fukaura Kanako as Haryu Takako
Akiyama Takuya (秋山拓也) as The Kid
Shoji Utae (正司歌江) as Haryu Kazu
Nozoe Yoshihiro as Daidoji Yasuo
Mie Haru (見栄晴) as Kuraoka Tsuyoshi
Episodes 11 & 12
Terada Minori as Yanagida
Yana Nobuo (八名信夫) as Ohashi Daisaburo
Ishino Mako as Komatsu Junko
Tezuka Toru (手塚とおる) as Aran Inoue
Ichikawa Isamu as Hashimoto Takao
Ruby Moreno as Hashimoto Maria
Sato Jiro as Hyuga Eiichi
Konishi Yasuhisa (小西泰久) as Kohashi Susumu
Nakagoshi Noriko as Ishibashi
Shiina Kippei as the masked person from Yamada's past
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Makita Mitsuharu, Ota Ai (太田愛), Fukuda Takuro (福田卓郎)
Chief Producer: Kuwata Kiyoshi
Producer: Yoshikawa Daisuke (吉川大祐), Makita Mitsuharu, Yamauchi Akihiro (山内章弘)
Director: Tsutsumi Yukihiko, Kimura Hisashi (木村ひさし), Kito Michizo (鬼頭理三)
