Top Knot Detective (2017)

04/01/2017 (AU) • 1h 30m

Comedy, Action

The greatest 90's Japanese samurai series you've never heard of

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

samurai

mockumentary

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