Top Knot Detective
(2017)

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

Released: 2017-04-01

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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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Toshi Okuzaki

as Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto

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Masa Yamaguchi

as Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke

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Mayu Iwasaki

as Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2

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Kuni Hashimoto

as Leiji Nishizaki

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Izumi Woods

as Saku / Izumi Himura

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Des Mangan

as Des Mangan / Narrator

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Travis Johnson

as Travis Johnson

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Nobuaki Shimamoto

as Detective Oshiro

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Yoji Tatsuta

as Host / Old Man

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Oscar Harris

as Timestryker / Ninja / Self

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Lee Lin Chin

as Lee Lin Chin

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Seiji

as Guitar Wolf

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Dario Russo

as Dario Russo

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Yasushi Asaya

as Young Leiji

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Arnold Wong

as The Master

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James Helm

as Wolf the Ripper (voice)

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Matt Lovkis

as Timestryker (voice)

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James Magnus

as Timestryker Narrator / Various Roles

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Ben Sutton

as Prison Arts Manager

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