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.
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Kurosaki Itto / Haruto Kioke
Mayu Iwasaki
Mia Matsumoto / Saku #2
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Leiji Nishizaki
Izumi Woods
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Des Mangan
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Travis Johnson
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Nobuaki Shimamoto
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Yoji Tatsuta
Host / Old Man
Oscar Harris
Timestryker / Ninja / Self
Lee Lin Chin
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Seiji
Guitar Wolf
Dario Russo
Dario Russo
Yasushi Asaya
Young Leiji
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