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Capcom spent 2 years trying to get permission to use Toshiro Mifune's likeness in Onimusha: Way of the Sword

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Submitted ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

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 ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Poor guys: so many problems to please so few people. The very concept of using real actors’ faces in the games is buffing 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.

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    • mohab@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      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?

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    • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      he’s arguably the biggest Japanese film actor of all time.

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    • Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      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.

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      • Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • De_Narm@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      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 back then.

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