Yasuke: The mysterious African samurai bbc.com

He would go on to become the first foreign-born man to achieve the status of a samurai warrior, and is the subject of two films being produced by Hollywood.
Mr Webb believes that because of his command of the Japanese language, Yasuke would have been viewed favourably.
"He was unlike the Jesuits, who had a religious agenda for the soul of Japan," Mr Webb says.
The legend lives onWhen Nobunaga bestowed the rank of samurai on Yasuke the idea of a non-Japanese samurai was something unheard of.
As the first foreign-born samurai, Yasuke fought important battles alongside Oda Nobunaga.