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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.
Cast: Toshi Okuzaki, Masa Yamaguchi, Mayu Iwasaki, Kuni Hashimoto, Izumi Woods, Des Mangan, Travis Johnson, Nobuaki Shimamoto, Yoji Tatsuta, Oscar Harris, Lee Lin Chin, Seiji, Dario Russo, Yasushi Asaya, Hoa Xuande, Arnold Wong, James Helm, Matt Lovkis, James Magnus, Ben Sutton
Writers: Dominic Pearce (Screenplay), Aaron McCann (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: A. J. Coultier
Production Designer: Matt Willemsen, Elizabeth Wratten
Editors: Steven Aaron Hughes, Dominic Pearce
Sound Designer: Xoe Baird
Composer: Mason Vellios, Malcolm Clarke
Costume Designer: Nicole Ferraro
Direction team: Brett Dowson (Assistant Director), Kaleb McKenna (Second Unit Director)
Producer: Lauren Brunswick
Production: Screen Australia, ScreenWest, SBS
