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Top Knot Detective

The greatest 90's Japanese samurai series you've never heard of

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Duration90 min.
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Release DateApr 1, 2017

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.

Genres

  • Comedy
  • Action

Casts

Toshi Okuzaki

Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto

Masa Yamaguchi

Masa Yamaguchi

Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke

Mayu Iwasaki

Mayu Iwasaki

Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2

Kuni Hashimoto

Kuni Hashimoto

Leiji Nishizaki

Izumi Woods

Saku / Izumi Himura

Des Mangan

Des Mangan / Narrator

Travis Johnson

Travis Johnson

Nobuaki Shimamoto

Nobuaki Shimamoto

Detective Oshiro

Yoji Tatsuta

Yoji Tatsuta

Host / Old Man

Oscar Harris

Timestryker / Ninja / Self

Lee Lin Chin

Lee Lin Chin

Seiji

Guitar Wolf

Dario Russo

Dario Russo

Yasushi Asaya

Yasushi Asaya

Young Leiji

Hoa Xuande

Hoa Xuande

Kenji

Arnold Wong

The Master

James Helm

Wolf the Ripper (voice)

Matt Lovkis

Timestryker (voice)

James Magnus

Timestryker Narrator / Various Roles

Ben Sutton

Prison Arts Manager

Clint Lawrence

Correctional Officer

Saaya Elieff

Kurosaki's Daughter

Sumina Elieff

Young Kurosaki