Top Knot Detective

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.

Directed by Aaron McCann, Dominic Pearce

Top cast

T

Toshi Okuzaki

Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto

Masa Yamaguchi

Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke

Mayu Iwasaki

Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2

Kuni Hashimoto

Leiji Nishizaki

I

Izumi Woods

Saku / Izumi Himura

D

Des Mangan

Des Mangan / Narrator

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Travis Johnson

Travis Johnson

Nobuaki Shimamoto

Detective Oshiro

Yoji Tatsuta

Host / Old Man

O

Oscar Harris

Timestryker / Ninja / Self

L

Lee Lin Chin

Lee Lin Chin

S

Seiji

Guitar Wolf

D

Dario Russo

Dario Russo

Yasushi Asaya

Young Leiji

Hoa Xuande

Kenji

A

Arnold Wong

The Master

J

James Helm

Wolf the Ripper (voice)

M

Matt Lovkis

Timestryker (voice)

J

James Magnus

Timestryker Narrator / Various Roles

B

Ben Sutton

Prison Arts Manager

Details