May 18, 2018

Approximately 800 people attended the Hawai‘i United Okinawa Association’s “Uchinanchu of the Year” and installation banquet earlier this year at the Hawaii Okinawa Center. The festivities saw the installation of the HUOA’s youngest president to date, 31-year-old Courtney Takara. She succeeds Vince Watabu as president of the organization made up of nearly 10,000 households. In....

FRIDAY, JUNE 1 Midnight – Fine Man 1:30 a.m. – Code Between Brothers: All-New 3 a.m. – The Sword of Justice 4:40 a.m. – Snake Princess: Oshima and Sentaro 6:10 a.m. – Crimson Peacock, Parts 3 & 4 8 a.m. – The Pirates 9:50 a.m. – The International Gang of Kobe 11:30 a.m. –Dancing in Hawaii 1:10 p.m. – Restoration Fire....

FRIDAY, JUNE 15 12:40 a.m. – Restoration Fire 2:10 a.m. – The Pirates 4 a.m. – Sister With Sister 5:30 a.m. – The Ako Retainers 8:10 a.m. – Showdown at Lightning Pass 9:40 a.m. – Gassoh 11:10 a.m. – Fine Man 12:40 p.m. – Life of Hishakaku 2:20 p.m. – Yakuza Official 4 p.m. – Code Between Brothers:  All-New 5:30 p.m. – The Ako Retainers 8:10 p.m. – Sister....

“Unnatural,” premieres Tuesday, June 19, at 7:35 p.m. Mikoto Misumi (Satomi Ishihara) is a pathologist at the newly established Unnatural Death Investigation (UDI) Lab in Tokyo, which accepts the dead bodies of people who died of unnatural causes from all across the country. Mikoto can’t stand neglecting unnatural deaths and works on unnatural death cases....

“Ishin no Kagaribi (Restoration Fire),” 1961 jidaigeki, 1 hour and 26 minutes. Directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda. Starring Chiezo Kataoka and Ryunosuke Tsukigata. The story of Shinsengumi and one of its deputy leaders, Hijikata Toshizo. “Iya na Onna (Desperate Sunflowers),” 2016 drama, 1 hour and 45 minutes. Directed by Hitomi Kuroki. Starring Yo Yoshida and Yoshino....

“When You Were Mine,” Saturday at 5 p.m.  Nick and Vanessa are engaged to be married, but tragedy strikes when Nick is in a helicopter crash that causes him to lose his memory. The authorities, unable to find Nick, declare him dead, leaving Vanessa in a deep depression. Nick resurfaces, but with no recollection of....

“Secret Mother,” premieres on Sunday, June 10, at 6:30 p.m.; re-airs Monday at 1 p.m. Yoon-Jin Kim is a former psychiatrist. To do what is best for her husband and son, she quit her job. Yoon-Jin had a daughter, but her daughter died and she carries a sense of guilt. She wants the best for....

Eat More Vegetables by Cooking Them Everyone should try to eat 300 grams of vegetables each day — 100 grams of green and yellow vegetables and 200 grams of non-green/yellow vegetables. “Three hundred grams is...

BIG ISLAND June 9 (Sat.): Obon Festival at Keauhou Shopping Center (Kona Hongwanji), 6 p.m.; food booths available. (78-6831 Ali‘i Dr., 323-2993) June 16 (Sat.): Honomu Henjyoji Mission, 7 p.m.; Hatsubon and Obon service at 5 p.m. (28-1668 Old Mamalahoa Hwy., 963-6308) June 23 (Sat.): Papaikou Hongwanji, 7 p.m., following 6 p.m. service (27-378 Old....