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Top Knot Detective

Lists: Action, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Crime / Heist, Historical

Brief Synopsis: "In the early 1990's, a little known Japanese Samurai/Detective Series was syndicated to public access TV in Australia and became a cult success. In Japan, it was titled "Ronin Suiri Tentai" (roughly translating to “Deductive Reasoning Ronin”), but soon came to be known in the West as "Top Knot Detective". The original Japanese series was legendary in in its home country as being a cultural train-wreck, led by its insane writer/director/producer/lead actor Takashi Tawagoto. He couldn't act. He couldn't fight. He had no idea how to write a TV show. But, through various underworld connections, he had the money to make himself into a star... or so he thought..."

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  • Toshi Okuzaki (Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Takamoto)
  • 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)
  • Oscar Harris (Timestryker / Ninja / Himself)
  • Lee Lin Chin (Lee Lin Chin)
  • Guitar Wolf (Guitar Wolf)
  • Dario Russo (Dario Russo)
  • Yasushi Asaya (Young Leiji)
  • Hoa Xuande (Kenji)
  • Arnold Wong (The Master)
  • James Helm (Wolf the Ripper (Voice))
  • Matt Lovkis (Timestryker (Voice))
  • James Magnus (Timestryker Narrator / Various)
  • Ben Sutton (Prison Arts Manager)
  • Clint Lawrence (Correctional Officer)
  • Saaya Elieff (Kurosakis Daughter)
  • Sumina Elieff (Young Kurosaki)
  • (Director)