Top Knot Detective
The greatest 90's Japanese samurai series you've never heard of
6.4
18 votes
April 1, 2017
1h 30m
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.
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Cast
Toshi Okuzaki
Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto
Masa Yamaguchi
Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke
Mayu Iwasaki
Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2
Kuni Hashimoto
Leiji NishizakiIzumi Woods
Saku / Izumi HimuraDes Mangan
Des Mangan / NarratorTravis Johnson
Travis Johnson
Nobuaki Shimamoto
Detective Oshiro
Yoji Tatsuta
Host / Old ManOscar Harris
Timestryker / Ninja / SelfLee Lin Chin
Lee Lin ChinSeiji
Guitar WolfDario Russo
Dario Russo
Yasushi Asaya
Young Leiji
Hoa Xuande
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