Chadwick Boseman To Play African Samurai In ‘Yasuke’

Black Panther himself, Chadwick Boseman, is now going to be the Black Samurai as he will produce and star in Yasuke, which centers on an African man who arrived in Japan in 1579 in the service of an Italian Jesuit and served under the Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga. He was captured in a battle in 1582. According to legend, Yasuke is the only person of non-Asian origin to become a Samurai.

Narcos” co-creator Doug Miro is writing the script. Alongside Boseman, Erik Feig and Michael DeLuca are also producing. An animated series of the story isalso in the works for Netflix with Lakeith Stanfield voicing the titular character.






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I know nothing of Narcos, so hoping the script don't suck. The Last Samurai was actually good by the way. Biopic dramas are the way to go.