Capcom is so devoted to samurai authenticity with the new Onimusha, it went and licensed the face of Japan’s most legendary actor | Gaming Trailer

Japanese actor Toshiro Mifune—best known for starring in films like Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, and Yojimbo for director Akira Kurosawa—has been dead for nearly 30 years. But apparently that can’t stop him from starring in a new videogame in the year 2026.

Since December Capcom has been teasing the revival of its early 2000s samurai action series Onimusha, and during today’s PlayStation State of Play livestream it finally showed a bit of combat and some cutscenes focused on Onimusha: Way of the Sword’s protagonist, who happens to be one of Japan’s most famous historical figures, the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. And wouldn’t you know it—Toshiro Mifune played Musashi in a trilogy of movies…

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