Movie·2017·90 min

Top Knot Detective

Name: Top Knot Detective
Genre: Comedy, Action
Released: 2017-04-01
Duration: 90 min
Cast: Toshi Okuzaki, Masa Yamaguchi, Mayu Iwasaki, Kuni Hashimoto, Izumi Woods

Top Knot Detective streams in the US on Kanopy, as of October 7, 2026.

The greatest 90's Japanese samurai series you've never heard of

6.4 / 10 · TMDB

Comedy Action

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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