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.
Toshi OkuzakiSheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto
Masa YamaguchiKurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke
Mayu IwasakiMia Matsumoto / Saku #2
Kuni HashimotoLeiji NishizakiIzumi WoodsSaku / Izumi HimuraDes ManganDes Mangan / NarratorTravis JohnsonTravis Johnson
Nobuaki ShimamotoDetective Oshiro
Yoji TatsutaHost / Old ManOscar HarrisTimestryker / Ninja / SelfLee Lin ChinLee Lin ChinSeijiGuitar WolfDario RussoDario Russo
Yasushi AsayaYoung Leiji
Hoa XuandeKenji
Masa YamaguchiKurosaki Itto / Haruto KiokeMayu IwasakiMia Matsumoto / Saku #2Kuni HashimotoLeiji NishizakiIzumi WoodsSaku / Izumi HimuraDes ManganDes Mangan / NarratorTravis JohnsonTravis JohnsonNobuaki ShimamotoDetective OshiroYoji TatsutaHost / Old ManOscar HarrisTimestryker / Ninja / SelfLee Lin ChinLee Lin ChinSeijiGuitar WolfDario RussoDario RussoYasushi AsayaYoung LeijiHoa XuandeKenji
