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.
Cast
Toshi Okuzaki
Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto
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 / Self
Lee Lin Chin
Lee Lin Chin
Seiji
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 Roles
Ben Sutton
Prison Arts Manager
Clint Lawrence
Correctional Officer
Saaya Elieff
Kurosaki's Daughter
Sumina Elieff
Young Kurosaki
Crew
Aaron McCann
Director, Screenplay
Dominic Pearce
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Steven Aaron Hughes
Editor
A. J. Coultier
Director of Photography
Brett Dowson
Assistant Director
Lauren Brunswick
Producer
Matt Willemsen
Production Design
Nicole Ferraro
Costume Designer
Kiana Beth Jones
Makeup & Hair Assistant
Astrid Hansen
Makeup Department Head
Kate Anderson
Makeup Artist
Kaleb McKenna
Second Unit Director
Xoe Baird
Sound Editor
Trevor Hope
Sound Recordist
Malcolm Clarke
Music
Lance Robinson
Music
Mason Vellios
Music
Jess Parker
Production Manager
Elizabeth Wratten
Art Direction
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