Capcom spent 2 years trying to get permission to use Toshiro Mifune's likeness in Onimusha: Way of the Sword (automaton-media.com)
from inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world on 17 Jun 14:24
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Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip on 17 Jun 14:33 collapse

Poor guys: so many problems to please so few people. The very concept of using real actors’ faces in the games is baffling to me. From my standpoint, games have a unique chance to get rid of actors and all collateral problems. But no, companies are still wasting money to have a famous face on the poster.

Fun fact: I never ever even heard the name Toshiro Mifune.

Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works on 17 Jun 14:51 next collapse

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 on 17 Jun 14:54 collapse

Might know the face, yes. But the name doesn’t ring a bell.

async_amuro@lemmy.zip on 17 Jun 15:10 collapse

It’s a long movie, but I highly recommend Seven Samurai.

jayb151@piefed.social on 17 Jun 16:11 collapse

Fucking great film. Recommend Throne of Blood too if you've not seen it.

falidorn@lemmy.world on 18 Jun 02:23 collapse

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.

De_Narm@lemmy.world on 17 Jun 15:07 next collapse

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.

acosmichippo@lemmy.world on 17 Jun 16:54 next collapse

he’s arguably the biggest Japanese film actor of all time. It would have been a big deal to japanese people.

mohab@piefed.social on 17 Jun 23:14 collapse

Fun fact: I never ever even heard the name Toshiro Mifune.

I just can't… why do people wear ignorance as a badge of honor nowadays?