Players will also be able to play Yasuke, a Samurai of African decent and the ... and in reports from the Battle of Okitanawate in 1584 a black man is mentioned as operating canons.

It seems like there's a lot of talk about Yasuke, a black man who served Oda Nobunaga. There are very few historical documents about him, but there's no doubt that he was a "samurai" who served ...

Yasuke – Way Of The Butterfly (working title), about a real-life African warrior who became a samurai in Japan. Dube is writing and directing the rare Japan-South Africa collaboration ...

Toei has a long legacy of producing samurai movies, many of which were filmed at Toei Kyoto Studios, located in the historical city of Kyoto. The producers of Yasuke expect to partially shoot the ...