Top Knot Detective
The greatest 90's Japanese samurai series you've never heard of
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.
Directed by Dominic Pearce · Written by Dominic Pearce
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- Toshi Okuzaki Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto
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Masa Yamaguchi Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke -
Mayu Iwasaki Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2 -
Kuni Hashimoto Leiji Nishizaki - Izumi Woods Saku / Izumi Himura
- Des Mangan Des Mangan / Narrator
- Travis Johnson Travis Johnson
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Nobuaki Shimamoto Detective Oshiro -
Yoji Tatsuta Host / Old Man - Oscar Harris Timestryker / Ninja / Self
- Lee Lin Chin Lee Lin Chin
- Seiji Guitar Wolf
Make it a double feature
2h 48m together
Top Knot Detective
Koko: A Red Dog Story
Both from Dominic Pearce.
