What is the significance of the farmers all wearing bald caps in the film 'Seven Samurai'?

by amandycat

I know that Kambei shaving his head is particularly significant as he is losing his chonmage, but I'm referring more to the fact that considerable effort has been made to have just about all of the male villagers bald on top. Is there any particular significance to portraying a character in this way?

dagoff

See [this] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1rrxsr/how_historically_accurate_is_the_typical_male/cdqe55v) thread for a previous question and answer from /u/CapytannHook on the same topic.