Aokiji (Kuzan) is based on the legendary late Japanese actor Yūsaku Matsuda. [1]
his last role was sato in black rain a cold hearted yakuza
Shunsaku Kudō in Tantei Monogatari (Detective Story, 1979): This is the direct inspiration for Aokiji. Matsuda played a laid-back, quirky, and incredibly cool private eye
people think he will betray blackbeard because In Japanese media, the "ex-cop turned cynical private detective" archetype often infiltrates criminal organizations to seek a deeper, unconventional truth that institutional law can't touch and his actor was the one who cemented it.
I even looked it up
but matsuda's hollywood breakthrough was with sato from blackrain
note aokiji becoming the mask and cold hearted man like sato from black rain which was matsuda's last film will be a neat reference and contrast sanjis choice in wano and chose where sanji wondered what luffy would prefer becoming the cold blooded warrior of science or just him and chose to remain himself
I mean sanji is associated with the color blue and ducks aokiji is blue pheasant ( and I already made a post using dak's sake vid on sanji vs aokiji
I looked it up
Sato is a former lieutenant under the traditional oyabun (Yakuza crime boss) Kunio Sugai. His primary driving force is to overthrow Sugai and take over the criminal underworld.
his last role was sato in black rain a cold hearted yakuza
Shunsaku Kudō in Tantei Monogatari (Detective Story, 1979): This is the direct inspiration for Aokiji. Matsuda played a laid-back, quirky, and incredibly cool private eye
people think he will betray blackbeard because In Japanese media, the "ex-cop turned cynical private detective" archetype often infiltrates criminal organizations to seek a deeper, unconventional truth that institutional law can't touch and his actor was the one who cemented it.
I even looked it up
but matsuda's hollywood breakthrough was with sato from blackrain
note aokiji becoming the mask and cold hearted man like sato from black rain which was matsuda's last film will be a neat reference and contrast sanjis choice in wano and chose where sanji wondered what luffy would prefer becoming the cold blooded warrior of science or just him and chose to remain himself
I mean sanji is associated with the color blue and ducks aokiji is blue pheasant ( and I already made a post using dak's sake vid on sanji vs aokiji
I looked it up
Sato is a former lieutenant under the traditional oyabun (Yakuza crime boss) Kunio Sugai. His primary driving force is to overthrow Sugai and take over the criminal underworld.
- And the marines repeatedly have yakuza references
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