If you're a movie fan and don't follow the Behind the Scenes Pic of the Day on Aint It Cool News, you are doing yourself a tremendous disservice. But even worse than that, you would have missed what may be the most badass image ever captured by a mortal.
Lemme break it down.
Ya gotcher filming of Yojimbo in the background. Yojimbo is the movie that A Fistful of Dollars remade. It involves a samurai with medicine-balls for testicles strolling into town and single-handedly destroying two criminal empires by playing them off each other like the most magnificent bastard alive.
Now, that samurai is played by the immortal Toshiro Mifune. Chances are, if you've heard of only ONE Japanese actor, it was him. And there's good reason: not only is he very talented as an actor, but his characters are simply some of the pimpingest badasses ever to be filmed. In that way, he's a lot like Clint Eastwood, who played the analogue of Mifune's Yojimbo character in the "Man With No Name" trilogy.
And they both have squinty eyes. Wait, OH GOD NO HOW DO I DELETE-
So you've got an iconic badass, an iconic movie. But that's not what makes this the raddest pic in the universe. No, Mifune couldn't be photographed doing something normal, like farting, or reading the script. Nope. They filmed him behind the wheel of his MG. Top down. In samurai garb.
Normally, that'd be enough to seal the deal. But what's on his dash? A mother-fucking shit-kicking SAMURAI SWORD.
Know what's on my dash? Dust.
And the best part? The look on his face looks like he's going to 7-11. Like he's off to kill a thousand men, but is totally bored at the prospect. He hangs up the phone and says to the director, "Shit. Well...I'll be back." And just tosses his sword on the dash like it's his fucking Blackberry.
Christ...this fucking guy, man.
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