
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.
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Toshi Okuzaki as Sheimasu Tantei / Takashi Tawagoto

Masa Yamaguchi as Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke

Mayu Iwasaki as Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2

Kuni Hashimoto as Leiji Nishizaki

Izumi Woods as Saku / Izumi Himura

Des Mangan as Des Mangan / Narrator

Travis Johnson as Travis Johnson

Nobuaki Shimamoto as Detective Oshiro

Yoji Tatsuta as Host / Old Man

Oscar Harris as Timestryker / Ninja / Self

Lee Lin Chin as Lee Lin Chin

Seiji as Guitar Wolf

Dario Russo as Dario Russo

Yasushi Asaya as Young Leiji

Hoa Xuande as Kenji

Arnold Wong as The Master

James Helm as Wolf the Ripper (voice)

Matt Lovkis as Timestryker (voice)

James Magnus as Timestryker Narrator / Various Roles

Ben Sutton as Prison Arts Manager

Clint Lawrence as Correctional Officer

Saaya Elieff as Kurosaki's Daughter

Sumina Elieff as Young Kurosaki
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