Centenarian Dr. Seiya Ohata enjoying a cup of coffee at the Wendy’s in Kahului recently. (Photo by Colleen Uechi)

AJA Veteran – “A Life Lived Well”

Dr. Seiya Ohata Has Been a Good Son, a Good Doctor, a Good Veteran Colleen Uechi Special to The Hawai‘i Herald As Seiichi Ohata and his family enjoyed Sunday morning breakfast at their home in the sugar plantation town of Pä‘ia, little did they know that Japanese planes had just decimated the U.S. Navy’s Pacific....
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NGN3 August Movie Schedule (part I)

TUESDAY, AUG. 1 Midnight – Whistling Drifter 1:30 a.m. – Hanjiro of Kusama: Bird of Passage 3 a.m. – The Silk Hat Boss 4:30 a.m. – The Yagyu Military Art 2 5:50 a.m. – Ooka Seidan: Devil Image 7:20 a.m. – Kabamaru, the Ninja Boy 9 a.m. – Pulling an Oar 11:20 a.m. – Sanguine Battle 1....
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NGN3 August Movie Schedule (part II)

FRIDAY, AUG. 18 12:50 a.m. – A Brave Ronin 2:20 a.m. – Yakuza Princess of Edo 3:50 a.m. – Clan Revival, Parts 1 & 2 5:20 a.m. – Travels of Gonkuro 6:50 a.m. – Tokyo Bordello 9:10 a.m. – Devotion to Railway 10:40 a.m. – Pulling an Oar 1 p.m. – Sanguine Battle 2:40 p.m. – The Silk Hat Boss....
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“Yonaoshi Junan! Ninjoken,” premieres Thursday, Aug. 3, at 7:35 p.m. Junan, a former instructor of swordplay for the Shogun family, went to Nagasaki to study medicine. After returning to Edo he becomes known to be highly skilled doctor since he is the medical examiner for the magistrate’s office. But no one knows of his “dark”....
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NGN Programs/ continued

“Kai (Pulling an Oar),” 1985 drama, 2 hours and 15 minutes. Directed by Hideo Gosha. Starring Ken Ogata, Yukiyo Toake and Yuko Natori. Before her marriage to geisha agent Iwago, Kiwa was told by her mother, “You’ve got to be endlessly patient if you want to live together in happy union till parted by death.”....
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“Keijiro Amemiya Documentary,” Thursday, Aug. 3, at 8 p.m. This special documents the life of Keijiro Amemiya, one of Japan’s influential businessmen in the early 1900s.  He played a key role in the Koshu Zaibatsu (financial group from the Province of Kai) and other various businesses. He began his career as a peddler and through....
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KBFD – Korean Programming

“Breezy Love,” Sunday at 6:30 p.m.; re-airs Monday at 1 p.m. Mi Poong is a North Korean girl who studies dancing. She is bright and easygoing despite the situation in her country. One day, she has to defect to Seoul. She then meets Jang Go, a honest South Korean lawyer. Both of them get entangled....
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“Health Information – Secrets of the Avocado (Part 2)”

Avocados are evergreens belonging to the laurel family, and are native to Central America (Columbia and Ecuador) and the southern regions of Mexico. Literally translated, avocado means “testicle,” an unlikely name for a fruit,...
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Arty Business – Asa Ige Says it with Flowers

Melissa Tanji Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Maui boy Asa Ige has taken his love for art and a fondness for ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, and developed a successful flower design business on his home island. In the process, he has met such notable figures such as television personality Oprah Winfrey, His....

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