Local authorities in the central Japanese city of Gifu were on maximum alert Sunday as 460,000 people, more than the city's population, flocked to a festival to catch a glimpse of a superstar dressed as a warlord astride a horse. The Gifu Nobunaga Festival went off mostly without a hitch, although three women had to be taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Strict crowd control measures were in place, with a deadly Halloween crush in Seoul, South Korea, still a fresh memory. The two-day festival, which began Saturday, culminated Sunday with a parade of people dressed as samurais, led by actor Takuya Kimura on horseback and dressed as the 16th-century warlord Oda Nobunaga, who unified half of Japan's provinces under his rule. Popular Japanese actor Takuya Kimura (on horse) plays the role of 16th-century feudal lord Oda Nobunaga in the final-day parade of a two-day festival in honor of Nobunaga on Nov. 6, 2022, in Gifu, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo Kimura, 49, ...