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About
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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Screen Australia, ScreenWest, SBS
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Cast
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Masa Yamaguchi
Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke
M
Mayu Iwasaki
Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2
K
Kuni Hashimoto
Leiji Nishizaki
D
Des Mangan
Des Mangan / Narrator
N
Nobuaki Shimamoto
Detective Oshiro
Y
Yoji Tatsuta
Host / Old Man
L
Lee Lin Chin
Lee Lin Chin
S
Seiji
Guitar Wolf
Y
Yasushi Asaya
Young Leiji
H
Hoa Xuande
Kenji
J
James Helm
Wolf the Ripper (voice)
B
Ben Sutton
Prison Arts Manager
