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The greatest 90's Japanese samurai series you've never heard of
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.Read moreLess
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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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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Masa YamaguchiKurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke
Mayu IwasakiMia Matsumoto / Saku #2
Kuni HashimotoLeiji Nishizaki
Nobuaki ShimamotoDetective Oshiro
Yoji TatsutaHost / Old ManExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Dominic Pearce
- Screenplay
- Aaron McCann
- Director
- Aaron McCann
- Director
- Dominic Pearce
- Producer
- Lauren Brunswick
- Director of Photography
- A. J. Coultier
- Editor
- Steven Aaron Hughes
- Editor
- Dominic Pearce