Top Knot Detective

Top Knot Detective (2017)

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

  • Genre: Comedy, Action
  • Release Date: 2017-04-01
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 17 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Screen Australia
  • Production Country: Australia
  • Directors: Aaron McCann, Dominic Pearce.
star 6.5/10
From 17 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Toshi Okuzaki

    as Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto

  • Masa Yamaguchi

    as Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke

  • Mayu Iwasaki

    as Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2

  • Kuni Hashimoto

    as Leiji Nishizaki

  • Izumi Woods

    as Saku / Izumi Himura

  • Des Mangan

    as Des Mangan / Narrator

  • Travis Johnson

    as Travis Johnson

  • Nobuaki Shimamoto

    as Detective Oshiro

  • Yoji Tatsuta

    as Host / Old Man

  • Oscar Harris

    as Timestryker / Ninja / Self

  • Lee Lin Chin

    as Lee Lin Chin

  • Seiji

    as Guitar Wolf

  • Dario Russo

    as Dario Russo

  • Yasushi Asaya

    as Young Leiji

  • Hoa Xuande

    as Kenji

  • Arnold Wong

    as The Master

  • James Helm

    as Wolf the Ripper (voice)

  • Matt Lovkis

    as Timestryker (voice)

  • James Magnus

    as Timestryker Narrator / Various Roles

  • Ben Sutton

    as Prison Arts Manager

  • Clint Lawrence

    as Correctional Officer

  • Saaya Elieff

    as Kurosaki's Daughter

  • Sumina Elieff

    as Young Kurosaki
Costume & Make-Up Nicole Ferraro Costume Designer
Writing Dominic Pearce Screenplay
Writing Aaron McCann Screenplay
Directing Aaron McCann Director
Directing Dominic Pearce Director
Production Lauren Brunswick Producer
Sound Malcolm Clarke Music
Sound Lance Robinson Music
Sound Mason Vellios Music
Camera A. J. Coultier Director of Photography
Editing Steven Aaron Hughes Editor
Editing Dominic Pearce Editor
Art Matt Willemsen Production Design
Art Elizabeth Wratten Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Astrid Hansen Makeup Department Head
Sound Xoe Baird Sound Editor
Crew Trevor Hope Sound Recordist

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