The streamer has picked up the rights to Marc Olden’s Black Samurai novels, with the intent of adapting the material into a film. John Schoenfelder and Russell Ackerman, who produced the 2021 ...

This is Yasuke, Japan’s first Black samurai, and the first real historical person to be a playable protagonist in an Assassin’s Creed game. You may have come across Yasuke before, as he’s ...

Starz has nabbed for development action-drama series Black Samurai (working title), starring and executive produced by Common. Black Samurai hails from Jerry Bruckheimer Television as well as RZA ...

(These three samurai unified Medieval Japan.) Upon their meeting, Nobunaga famously scrutinized Yasuke’s skin, initially believing it to be painted black. Convinced this was the case, Nobunaga ...

an American soldier in Japan who learns the ways of the most powerful martial arts and becomes the Black Samurai. The first novel saw him embarking on a mission of vengeance. The other books were ...

Netflix is moving forward with its feature film adaptation of the popular Black Samurai novels as it has tapped Chad Stahelski to direct and Leigh Dana Jackson to adapt. Stahelski will also ...

Now publisher Gizmoe Press is celebrating that career with a new retrospective artbook called Graphic Samurai: The Art of Denys Cowan ... The Question, Black Panther, and Deathlok and Milestone ...

This is also known as the “white savior complex”. Why, then, is Yasuke’s portrayal as a black samurai so contentious when white foreigners in similar roles have been widely accepted?

"I'm beyond excited about Black Samurai. This is a unique and special project that offers something rarely seen in art and culture today," says Common. "It's an honor to play the character of ...

The North Carolina Museum of Art’s Samurai: Making of a Warrior exhibit blends art, culture and religion. With artifacts sourced largely from the Triangle, the exhibit explores the samurai world.