This is interesting, but the more compelling wrinkle is that his face is modeled on the legendary (but historically real) actor Toshiro Mifune, who passed away in 1997.

NBC – Credit: NBC Look, no one’s saying John Belushi’s Japanese Samurai character would fly today in these more enlightened times. But a white actor playing a Japanese icon is only the first level of ...

Unlike Toshiro Mifune’s conflicted protagonist in High and Low, Washington’s King never seems truly shaken by the central moral dilemma – whether to pay a ransom for someone else’s child.

Mifune’s appearance in Onimusha: Way of the Samurai was done with the full cooperation of Mifune Productions, the company the actor established in 1962 and which presumably owns his likeness today.

Capcom really just picked up where they left off with Onimusha’s celebrity fancasting. Capcom has made an interesting announcement for their upcoming Onimusha: Way of the Sword. The series ...

Musashi’s face model – iconic movie star, Toshiro Mifune The protagonist of this game is a fierce young samurai, constantly moving from one bloody and mucky fight to the next.

Miyamoto Musashi has been confirmed as a protagonist in Way of the Sword, and Capcom licensed legendary actor Toshiro Mifune's face to portray him.

Onimusha: Way of the Sword got Toshiro Mifune. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune—best known ...

Late Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune is being used as the face model for the protagonist in Onimusha: Way of the Sword.

Kurosawa’s 1949 thriller probes post-war morality in a Tokyo whose ruins and US occupation mostly remain just out of shot, in a heatwave causing mistakes and madness. The theft of callow detective ...