Top Knot Detective (2017)

Top Knot Detective (2017)

The greatest 90's Japanese samurai series you've never heard of 2017-04-01 Australia 90 Min. PG-13
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Overview

In the early 1990s, a Japanese samurai detective series was aired in Australia and became a cult success. Titled in Japan Ronin Suiri Tentai (meaning roughly Deductive Reasoning Ronin), it was soon known in the West as Top Knot Detective. The original series was legendary in Japan, a cultural train wreck led by Takashi Tawagoto, a crazy writer, producer, director and lead actor; one who could not act, fight or write at all.

Cast

Toshi Okuzaki is Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto
Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto
Masa Yamaguchi is Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke
Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke
Mayu Iwasaki is Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2
Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2
Kuni Hashimoto is Leiji Nishizaki
Leiji Nishizaki
Izumi Woods is Saku / Izumi Himura
Saku / Izumi Himura
Des Mangan is Des Mangan / Narrator
Des Mangan / Narrator
Travis Johnson is Travis Johnson
Travis Johnson
Nobuaki Shimamoto is Detective Oshiro
Detective Oshiro
Yoji Tatsuta is Host / Old Man
Host / Old Man
Oscar Harris is Timestryker / Ninja / Self
Timestryker / Ninja / Self
Lee Lin Chin is Lee Lin Chin
Lee Lin Chin
Seiji is Guitar Wolf
Guitar Wolf