![]() ![]() Takeko Nakano fights for her clans’ independence in a final battle that marks the end of the Samurai era. The legends of the Samurai seem to be an all-male affair but contrary to popular belief, Samurai women stood their ground in countless battles and castle sieges. ![]() The drama documentary Samurai Warrior Queens tells the real-life story of Samurai woman Takeko Nakano who in 1868 fights for her clans’ independence in a final battle that marks the end of the Samurai era. When I was sitting in the edit room watching Samurai Warrior Queens chasing inslow motion across a bridge towards the enemy with their blades drawn, I felt as though I was having my teenage wishes fulfilled,” said Wate. “One of the first manga stories I ever wrote when I was a teenager was that of a female samurai kicking ass. Two of his past films, The Sword of the Samurai and The Samurai Bow, made it for 4 years into the top twenty of National Geographic Channel’s worldwide most popular documentaries. He is known for his unwavering dedication to his craft, and his work on projects like Epic Warrior Women, Samurai Headhunters, and Samurai Warrior Queens, projects that reminded him just why he got into filmmaking in the first place. Now, Wate is a renowned director in his home country and abroad. Even then he knew he was meant to tell stories, but as he began transitioning away from drawing and into filmmaking, his innate drive to be a storyteller never wavered. He was intrigued by the style of the Japanese graphic novels and began drawing his own at just ten years of age. Growing up in Berlin and Munich, Germany, John Wate found a passion in Manga comics at a young age. ![]()
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