SocietyJapan’s Black Samurai: Ugandan Asylum Seeker Turns to Filmmaking

Sunday, a Ugandan asylum seeker who has lived in Japan for more than 15 years, remains in limbo. After detention at the Shinagawa immigration centre, he must report regularly to authorities and depend on charity to feed his children. Facing possible deportation under immigration-law changes, he begins making a samurai film inspired by Yasuke, remembered as Japan’s first Black samurai.