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The Screen Guide

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'. Takashi 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. Roni

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Director
Aaron McCann  Dominic Pearce
Writers
Aaron McCann  Dominic Pearce
Producer
Lauren Brunswick
Dir. of Photography
A.J. Coultier
Editor
Steve Hughes
Production Designer
Matthew Willemsen
Cast
Toshi Okuzaki - Masa Yamaguchi - Mayu Iwasaki - Des Mangan - Guitar Wolf
Production Completion
2016
Genre
Comedy, Mystery
Production Company
Blue Forest Media Pty Ltd
Australian Sales
Umbrella Entertainment Pty Ltd
International Sales
Third Window Films

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