Editing Toshiro Mifune (section)

==Notes==
* Mifune: The Last Samurai, also known as Mifune, is a 2015 biographical documentary directed by [[Steven Okazaki]].
* In the Japanese animated series Speed Racer (1967), the hero was named Go Mifune as a tribute to him and the M on the hood of the Mach 5 and Speed Racer's helmet was in tribute to him.
* Reportedly watched films of lions in the wild for inspiration for his character in Seven Samurai (1954).
* In the graphic novel series "[[Usagi Yojimbo]]", Usagi's overlord is named Lord Mifune, in his honor.
* He was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6912 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 14, 2016.
* He was offered the role of Tiger Tanaka in [[You Only Live Twice (Movie) | You Only Live Twice]] (1967), but he turned it down in favour of Grand Prix (1966).
* Mifune was one of the first people to see the original [[Godzilla 1954 (Movie) | Godzilla]] (1954), as he was invited to a Toho staff screening and Shinto ceremony for the film.
* The character of [[Bushuri (Earth-Four)]] in the DC Universe is modeled after Mifune's likeness.


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