X-rays: nothing major, slightly enlarged liver

Bloodwork: elevated white cells and elevated levels with stuff of the liver

Confirmed he def ingested something poisonous and fighting off infection

Anyway had to spend another $1.2K, so bocchama funding help below:

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Note that The Criterion Channel has a lot of Tatsuya Nakadai films streaming, including Sanjuro, Sword of Doom, and The Face of Another, as well as all of the nearly 10 hours of The Human Condition. www.criterionchannel.com/search?q=tat...

Ventures Bros continues to be a gift often far smarter than most of what inspired it. Go Team Venture forever.

Nakadai famously worked with Kurosawa, especially in those later years. But he also made films with a murderer’s row of Japanese cinematic giants. Some included Kihachi Okamoto, Masaki Kobayashi, and even Isao Takahata.

He was frequently cast opposite Toshiro Mifune. Mifune is one of the greats but honestly, it was genius to cast Nakadai against him. Truly their conflicts were the cinematic equivalent of the immovable object meeting the unstoppable force.”

Undoubtedly, Nakadai is one of my all time favorite actors. Sword of Doom is a master class in how to portray a completely amoral entity. His Ryunosuke Tsukue is pure evil, barely human, and utterly magnetic.

I really gotta turn off autocorrect on my computer

Yes, I can fix that. Sorry about the misspelling !

You know I love all of you. More than happy to share it with folks!

Family trip to N’awlins!

I have some thoughts on WW: Dead Earth!