The Age of Assassins - Anarchic spy spoof from Kihachi Okamoto starring Nakadai as a mild-mannered professor of criminal psychology with a bad case of athlete's foot who is dragged into conspiracy. Or so it would seem...

Thanks for these! I’ve got a few more for my watchlist ♥️

And I love Nakadai’s creepy, stoic killer in Zatoichi and the Festival of Fire, he stalks through the film like a murderous ghost.

Not many left from his generation!

If you want to dig a little deeper he ranges from comedic oddball in AGE OF ASSASSINS (in a double role of sorts!) to menacing oddball in THE FACE OF ANOTHER. He’s always distinct and compelling no matter what you pick out from his filmography.

Nakadai is all over your Criterion jidaigeki classics. He’s the star of RAN, HARAKIRI, SWORD OF DOOM (a personal fav), the antagonist in YOJIMBO and ZATOICHI GOES TO THE FIRE FESTIVAL (another personal fav), he’s amazing in the Yuki Onna segment of KWAIDAN.

Sadly nothing for my hometown yet

Yeah the exhibit was sooooo cool! I feel very fortunate that I got to see it

It was less readily available in those days, but way fewer chapters to catch up!

Oh yeah we definitely did that