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?
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.