I saw this movie at a USMC base Recreation Hall in Japan in 1989. I saw it again in the states around 1991 on TV. The premise was a journey through the desert. At one point in the desert the journey man/group? come upon a man naked in a barrel filled with liquid. He/they ask him what he is doing in the pickle barrel and he says he is pickling his dick because it is of no use to him/causes him pain from memory of unrequited love? It was in color and I can’t remember if it had subtitles or not.
I think the movie you remember is Circle of Iron. The guy in the barrel is Eli Wallach. David Carradine plays four parts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_Iron
Agreed. That’s a memorable scene from RING OF IRON.
Sorry, I mistyped above. I meant CIRCLE OF IRON.
Also, known as The Silent Flute. Written by none other than Bruce Lee who would have starred in it if not for his untimely death.