Top Knot Detective
The greatest 90's Japanese samurai series you've never heard of
2017 · 1h 30m Action, Comedy
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.
Director and cast
- Toshi Okuzaki as Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto
- Masa Yamaguchi as Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke
- Mayu Iwasaki as Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2
- Kuni Hashimoto as Leiji Nishizaki
- Izumi Woods as Saku / Izumi Himura
- Des Mangan as Des Mangan / Narrator
- Travis Johnson as Travis Johnson
- Nobuaki Shimamoto as Detective Oshiro
- Yoji Tatsuta as Host / Old Man
- Oscar Harris as Timestryker / Ninja / Self
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