Top Knot Detective
The greatest 90's Japanese samurai series you've never heard of
90 mins
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 Okuzaki
Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto
Izumi Woods
Saku / Izumi Himura
Des Mangan
Des Mangan / Narrator
Travis Johnson
Travis Johnson
Oscar Harris
Timestryker / Ninja / Self
Lee Lin Chin
Lee Lin Chin
Seiji
Guitar Wolf
Dario Russo
Dario Russo
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
Nicole Ferraro
Costume Designer
Dominic Pearce
Screenplay
Aaron McCann
Screenplay
Aaron McCann
Director
Dominic Pearce
Director
Lauren Brunswick
Producer
Lance Robinson
Music
Mason Vellios
Music
A. J. Coultier
Director of Photography
Steven Aaron Hughes
Editor
Dominic Pearce
Editor
Matt Willemsen
Production Design
Elizabeth Wratten
Art Direction
Astrid Hansen
Makeup Department Head
Xoe Baird
Sound Editor
Trevor Hope
Sound Recordist