The Secret History of ‘Afro Samurai Resurrection’s’ Ogin, aka “Afro Lady”
A sad but true Hollywood story.
4 min readMar 31, 2021
In Afro Samurai: Resurrection, Ogin is the alluring Afro-coiffed woman seen deftly maneuvering through rounds of Chō-Han, a traditional dice game in Japan. She makes her surprising on-screen appearance during the rowdy gambling house sequence in the jointly-produced 2009 animated film by…