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Tom Holland

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The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

So the four horsemen of the apocalypse, or however many horsemen there are, are beginning to rear their heads.

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

So what's the story here?

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

The famine is first and then the plague or vice versa?

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

So we get to 1183 and now Yoritomo is ready to effectively reignite the war.

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

And he's basically going to get his brother, you know...

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

trained in a monastery or wherever, trained by Yoda to do this for him, right?

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

Because his brother is clearly the more competent commander.

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

But then there's a twist.

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

Before you plunge into that, Tom, let's just pause a second and get these three people in there and clear who they are, because they're so similar.

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

Yoritomo, which guy is Yoritomo again?

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

Right.

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

So, okay, he's the mastermind.

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

And then the third man, Yoshinaka, you're about to tell us who he is.

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

Good plan.

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

Or is it?

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

Because they advance along this road, don't they?

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

The coastal road for about 200 miles.

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

And they win a couple of skirmishes, the Taira.

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

And then they reach a mountain pass.

The Rest Is History
660. Dawn of the Samurai: Japan’s Greatest Warrior (Part 3)

Always an ominous moment, I think, in an invasion.