The story of Yasuke, the first black samurai, is both intriguing and heartbreaking. Originally an African slave during the late 1500s, he was taken in by a Japanese warlord named Oda Nobunaga and trained to be a samurai warrior. Now, the story will be a movie starring Chadwick Boseman.

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