The Third Act Podcast
The Third Act Podcast
The Third Act Podcast
Episode 302: Episode 302 - The Samurai and the Prisoner, The Sword of Doom (1966)
1 hour 26 minutes Posted Aug 27, 2026 at 10:23 pm.
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On the three hundred and second episode of THE THIRD ACT PODCAST, the crew are disobeying their lords.Christian and Jericho reconvene sans Armando after their in-person meet up to discuss Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Japanese period drama/procedural THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER, which they pair with Kihachi Okamoto's despairingly bleak 1966 Jidaigeki film THE SWORD OF DOOM. Meanwhile, David Robert Mitchell's Amblin-esque dino romp THE END OF OAK STREET and Greg Araki's erotic comedy I WANT YOUR SEX get the Recently Watched treatment.They also discuss overly excited cinema crowds, Rōnin code of ethics, cycles of violence, tea making, and the notorious Armando Snooze Test ™️Subscribe to Jericho's Substack: symbioticreviews.substack.comKeep in touch with us on Instagram and email us anytime at: [email protected]