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2026 · Action · Comedy
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Film / 2017
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Toshi OkuzakiSheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto
Masa YamaguchiKurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke
Mayu IwasakiMia Matsumoto / Saku #2
Kuni HashimotoLeiji Nishizaki
Izumi WoodsSaku / Izumi Himura
Des ManganDes Mangan / Narrator
Travis JohnsonTravis Johnson
Nobuaki ShimamotoDetective Oshiro
Yoji TatsutaHost / Old Man
Oscar HarrisTimestryker / Ninja / Self
Lee Lin ChinLee Lin Chin
SeijiGuitar Wolf
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Dario RussoDario Russo
Yasushi AsayaYoung Leiji
Hoa XuandeKenji
Arnold WongThe Master
James HelmWolf the Ripper (voice)
Matt LovkisTimestryker (voice)
James MagnusTimestryker Narrator / Various Roles
Ben SuttonPrison Arts Manager
Clint LawrenceCorrectional Officer
Saaya ElieffKurosaki's Daughter
Sumina ElieffYoung Kurosaki
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