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.

• Dominic PearceScreenplay
• Aaron McCannScreenplay
• Dominic PearceDirector
• Aaron McCannDirector

• Toshi OkuzakiSheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto
• Masa YamaguchiKurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke
• Mayu IwasakiMia Matsumoto / Saku #2
• Kuni HashimotoLeiji Nishizaki
• Izumi WoodsSaku / Izumi Himura
• Des ManganDes Mangan / Narrator
• Travis JohnsonTravis Johnson
• Nobuaki ShimamotoDetective Oshiro
• Yoji TatsutaHost / Old Man
• Oscar HarrisTimestryker / Ninja / Self
• Lee Lin ChinLee Lin Chin
• SeijiGuitar Wolf