Capcom spent 2 years trying to get permission to use Toshiro Mifune's likeness in Onimusha: Way of the Sword
https://automaton-media.com/en/news/capcom-spent-2-years-trying-to-get-permission-to-use-toshiro-mifunes-likeness-in-onimusha-way-of-the-sword/
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Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip · -10 pts · 1y
Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 1y
You probably will be familiar with his face if you have seen any of the somewhat older samurai movies. Probably better known in Asia than outside of it though.
Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip · -7 pts · 1y
async_amuro@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 1y
It’s a long movie, but I highly recommend Seven Samurai.
jayb151@piefed.social · 7 pts · 1y
Fucking great film. Recommend Throne of Blood too if you've not seen it.
falidorn@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
I’d recommend so many Mifune films. High and Low, Yojimbo (the movie that Leone copied almost shot for shot), or the Samurai Trilogy. Just a few of his 100+ movies he made. Mifune is one of the greatest actors to ever live.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
he's arguably the biggest Japanese film actor of all time. It would have been a big deal to japanese people.
De_Narm@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
You do not need them, yes, but I think it's always fun to recognize people in games like Like a Dragon.
That aside, it's always been a thing in Onimusha. It wouldn't be a proper revival of the IP without one of their biggest USP.
mohab@piefed.social · 11 pts · 1y
I just can't… why do people wear ignorance as a badge of honor nowadays?