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.
Screen Australia
ScreenWest
SBSCrew
Cast
Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto
Toshi OkuzakiKurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke
Masa YamaguchiMia Matsumoto / Saku #2
Mayu IwasakiLeiji Nishizaki
Kuni HashimotoSaku / Izumi Himura
Izumi WoodsDes Mangan / Narrator
Des ManganTravis Johnson
Travis JohnsonDetective Oshiro
Nobuaki ShimamotoHost / Old Man
Yoji TatsutaTimestryker / Ninja / Self
Oscar Harris
Toshi OkuzakiKurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke
Masa YamaguchiMia Matsumoto / Saku #2
Mayu IwasakiLeiji Nishizaki
Kuni HashimotoSaku / Izumi Himura
Izumi WoodsDes Mangan / Narrator
Des ManganTravis Johnson
Travis JohnsonDetective Oshiro
Nobuaki ShimamotoHost / Old Man
Yoji TatsutaTimestryker / Ninja / Self
Oscar Harris
