"Ikiru": Films of 1952 + "Disclosure Day" + "Masters of the Universe"

"Ikiru": Films of 1952 + "Disclosure Day" + "Masters of the Universe"

From The Love of Cinema by 22-25 Productions

June 16, 2026 · 1h 21m · Episode 319

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The episode explores the 1952 film 'Ikiru' and includes mini-reviews of 'Masters of the Universe' and 'Disclosure Day'.

This week, the boys head back to 1952 to work in the bureaucratic nightmare that is a city hall in post-war Japan. Tack on terminal stomach cancer and the feeling you’ve wasted your boring life, and you got a Kurosawa masterpiece! We also tease some new movies with mini-reviews of “Masters of the Universe” and “Disclosure Day”. Grab a beer and enjoy the ride! linktr.ee/theloveofcinema - Check out our YouTube page! Our phone number is 646-484-9298. It accepts texts or voice messages. 0:00 Intro; 7:08 "Masters of the Universe" mini-review; 10:01 "Disclosure Day" mini-review; 15:01 1952 Year in Review; 28:37 “Ikiru": Films of 1952; 01:15:28 What You Been Watching?; 1:20:30 Next Week’s Episode Teaser Additional Cast/Crew: Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Kaneko, Haruo anaka, Hideo Oguni, Shinobu Hashimoto, Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Stephen Spielberg, John Williams, Colin Firth, David Koepp, Eve Hewson, Wyatt Russell, Jeremy Shamos, Colman Domingo, Travis Knight, Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, Jared Leto, Idris Elba, Johannes Haukur Johannesson, Alison Brie, Charlotte Riley, James Purefoy, Sam C. Wilson, Morena Baccarin, Kristen Wiig. Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller…

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