The greatest 90's Japanese samurai series you've never heard of
Top Knot Detective
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.
Top Cast
Toshi Okuzaki
Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto
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
Nobuaki Shimamoto
Detective Oshiro
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
Young Leiji
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
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