Is Okuru an Ainu Samurai Champloo?

Samurai Champloo did actually have a person who was of Ainu descent in episodes 16 and 17. His names was Okuru and you can tell by his clothes and his features that he is very different from the rest of the cast.

Is Okuru alive Samurai Champloo?

Okuru, still alive somehow, takes one of the flaming arrows and kills one of the attackers as he stumbles to the edge of the nearby cliff. Our heroes look on as he hurls himself off the edge, never to be seen again.

Is Okuru dead?

Okuru is riddled by flaming arrows, but miraculously remains standing. Jin and Mugen slaughter the rest of the Matsumae Han agents, while Okuru wrenches an arrow out of his gut and stabs Tobata dead with it. Engulfed in flames, he leaps off a cliff into the river below. Mugen believes that Okuru is still alive.

Who is Mugen girlfriend Samurai Champloo?

Sara is a beautiful blind musician (Goze) whom the trio of Mugen, Jin, and Fuu encounters near the end of their journey. She was secretly working as a Shogunate assassin. She is voiced by Sakiko Tamagawa in the Japanese version and voiced by Megan Hollingshead in the English dub.

What is the meaning of Okuru in Japanese?

to send
The Japanese word okuru is pronounced “oh-koo-roo”. It means to send, to ship, to see off, to dispatch, or to spend.

Who is Fuu’s father?

Seizo Kasumi
Seizo Kasumi is a character that’s frequently mentioned in Samurai Champloo/Anime. He is the father of Fuu and serves as the plot device for the entire series.

How did Sara figure out her son was dead?

Given the above, and the fact that she realizes that her son is dead when a pinwheel stops, I can only conclude that the stopping of the pinwheel made her realize some state of mind/feeling coming from the pinwheel merchant (something she was not aware of before), which in turn made her realize her son was dead.