Top Knot Detective(2017)
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.
Movie: Top Knot Detective
Top 10 Billed Cast
Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke
Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2
Leiji Nishizaki
Detective Oshiro
Host / Old Man
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