
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.

as Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto

as Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke

as Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2

as Leiji Nishizaki

as Saku / Izumi Himura

as Des Mangan / Narrator

as Travis Johnson

as Detective Oshiro

as Host / Old Man

as Timestryker / Ninja / Self

as Lee Lin Chin

as Guitar Wolf

as Dario Russo

as Young Leiji

as Kenji

as The Master

as Wolf the Ripper (voice)

as Timestryker (voice)

as Timestryker Narrator / Various Roles

as Prison Arts Manager

as Correctional Officer

as Kurosaki's Daughter

as Young Kurosaki