List of Minor Characters in The Matrix Series - Captain Mifune

Captain Mifune (Nathaniel Lees) is the head of Zion's Armored Personnel Unit. He is seen in The Matrix Reloaded and in The Matrix Revolutions. It is considered that the character of Captain Mifune is in reference to late Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune, to whom Lees shares a striking resemblance. In Revolutions before he leads his APU into battle with the Sentinels he boosts the morale of his troops by saying, "If it's our time to die, it's our time. All I ask is, if we have to give these bastards our lives, we give 'em hell before we do!"

Mifune is one of the last of the APUs left standing during the battle; he fights bravely and takes down many Sentinels. When he calls for more ammunition, Kid is the one called to reload him. One of the cases gets stuck and the outlook is bleak. Kid climbs atop the APU's back and forces the case into its slot. Mifune fires a fresh barrage of rounds into the attacking Sentinels, but they knock him to the ground and slice into his body.

Subsequently, a horribly mutilated Mifune tells Kid that he needs to open the gate to allow the "Hammer" to enter. When Kid tells Mifune he might not be able to carry out his request because he never finished the training exercise, Mifune reassures him by saying that he did not either, then dies. Kid climbs into Mifune's APU and shoots out the mechanism holding the gate closed, allowing the "Hammer" to crash-land and disable all the Sentinels in the dock.

Mifune is also the original family name in Speed Racer, also a film by the Wachowski brothers.