{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5c8937452cb4b2291cd3f200/5d03faa32f647fee429b5dfa?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Meet Nakano Takeko, Female Samurai","description":"<p>Nakano Takeko was a 21-year-old martial arts instructor who came to lead a battalion of women against the Emperor of Japan's Imperial Army, 150 years ago. </p><p><br></p><p>On this week's episode of \"Shoot This Now,\" we talk about how her story could be \"The Last Samurai,\" minus Tom Cruise, with a huge influx of female fighters. It's a little bit \"Kill Bill\" and a little bit \"Braveheart,\" with an incredible young front-and-center, wielding a bloody naginata.</p><p><br></p><p>We also talk about the overuse of the word \"dragon,\" a Darth Vader-like Big Bad who wields a remote control as a weapon, and justice for Japanese pop star Maho Yamaguchi.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Tim Molloy"}