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
