It seems like there's a lot of talk about Yasuke, a black man who served Oda Nobunaga ... if one's master promoted one to the rank of "samurai," one could become one in medieval (warring states ...

Bazawule is set to direct Black Samurai ... He was a man from Africa who came to Japan with a Jesuit missionary, Alessandro Valignano. Later, he became a retainer to the daimyÅ Oda Nobunaga ...