

Top Knot Detective
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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- Released
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- Language
- English
- samurai
- mockumentary
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United StatesUS
- PremiereFantastic Fest23 Sept 2017
United KingdomGB
- PhysicalBD18 Mar 2019
IrelandIE
- Premiere16Belfast Film Festival1 Apr 2017
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Top Knot Detective was released on 1 April 2017.
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