Onimusha: Way of the Sword's developers have claimed it took two years to get permission to use the likeness of Japanese acting legend Toshiro Mifune as the main character of the game.
Capcom decided to use The Game Awards 2024 to revive long-dormant franchises with both Onimusha and Okami being announced for revivals. And since then we've seen a good chunk of Onimusha: Way of the Sword, with a trailer in February revealing that its main character Miyamoto Musashi will feature the likeness of Toshiro Mifune; the star of classic Akira Kurosawa films like Rashomon, Yojimbo, and Seven Samurai who died in 1997, aged 77.
