Top Knot Detective
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Australia, Japan · 2017
Rated R · 1h 30m
Director Aaron McCann, Dominic Pearce
Starring Toshi Okuzaki, Masa Yamaguchi, Mayu Iwasaki, Kuni Hashimoto
Genre Comedy, Action, Drama, Crime, Mystery, History
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In the early 1990's, a little known Japanese Samurai/Detective Series was syndicated to public access TV in Australia and became a cult success. In Japan, it was titled "Ronin Suiri Tentai" (roughly translating to “Deductive Reasoning Ronin”), but soon came to be known in the West as "Top Knot Detective". The original Japanese series was legendary in in its home country as being a cultural train-wreck, led by its insane writer/director/producer/lead actor Takashi Tawagoto. He couldn't act. He couldn't fight. He had no idea how to write a TV show. But, through various underworld connections, he had the money to make himself into a star... or so he thought...
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