

The greatest 90's Japanese samurai series you've never heard of
April 1, 2017
1h 30m
EN
Aaron McCann
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.

Toshi Okuzaki
Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto

Masa Yamaguchi
Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke

Mayu Iwasaki
Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2

Kuni Hashimoto


Dominic Pearce, Aaron McCann
17
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

Screen Australia
AU

ScreenWest
AU

SBS
AU