Japan's Black Samurai: A Ugandan Asylum Seeker Turns to Filmmaking | Witness Documentary

Name: Japan's Black Samurai: A Ugandan Asylum Seeker Turns to Filmmaking | Witness Documentary
Uploaded: 2026
Duration: 25 min
Description: Changes to Japan's immigration laws mean he could face deportation. Refusing to be reduced to a statistic, Sunday throws himself into an unlikely project: a samurai film inspired by Yasuke, remembered as Japan's first Black samurai. For Sunday, filmmaking becomes an act of survival, dignity and hope. Sunday in Japan is a documentary film by Antonio Rui Ribeiro, Leo Nelki and Golriz Kolahi.

202625 minHD★ 7.8Society & Politics

Changes to Japan's immigration laws mean he could face deportation. Refusing to be reduced to a statistic, Sunday throws himself into an unlikely project: a samurai film inspired by Yasuke, remembered as Japan's first Black samurai. For Sunday, filmmaking becomes an act of survival, dignity and hope. Sunday in Japan is a documentary film by Antonio Rui Ribeiro, Leo Nelki and Golriz Kolahi.

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