November 16, 2018

REAL POSSIBILITIES BY Barbara Kim Stanton

SUNDAY, DEC. 16 1 a.m. - The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 2:30 a.m. -Yakuza Wolf 4 a.m. - Assassination: Right or Wrong 6:30 a.m. - Seven from Edo 8:10 a.m. - The Shogun Assassins 10:40 a.m. - Tales of Young Genji Kuro 2 12:10 p.m. - Nagasaki: Memories of My Mother 2:20 p.m. - Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is....

GENERATION GAP by Jon J. Murakami

WHO/WHAT: Friends of the Library Kahuku and the Friends of the Library of Hawai‘i celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Kahuku Public School and Library, with a historical talk story about the Kahuku Sugar...

WHO/WHAT: Ryukyu Koten Afuso Ryu Ongaku Kenkyu Choichi Kai USA presents “Hou On Sha Toku,” Hawai‘i’s first uta-sanshin solo recital. Enjoy Ryukyu koten (classical) and minyo (folk) music by Murata-Sensei and friends. Special guest performers...

“Queen for Seven Days,” Wednesday and Thursday at 10 p.m.; re-airs on Thursday and Friday at 1 p.m. Chae-Kyung Shin is the daughter of a powerful politician during the Joseon Dynasty. She falls in love with Crown Prince Lee-Yuk, who lives under the tyranny of this half-brother, King San-Gun Yeon. When Lee-Yuk  rises to the....

Dan Nakasone Special to The Hawai‘i Herald As a volunteer ranch hand and a horse owner, I was intrigued to read in George Kerr’s book, “Okinawa: The History of an Island People,” that the Ryukyu Kingdom traded trained horses with China from the late 1300s to the early 1600s. Why, I wondered, was a kingdom....

Kevin Y. Kawamoto Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Resilience — the ability to bounce back from significant adversity and lead a meaningful, purpose-driven life — was the underlying theme of Dr. Randal Wada’s keynote speech at the seventh annual “Journeys to Wellness” gathering on Oct. 13 at the Community Church of Honolulu. Readers may remember....

SATURDAY, DEC. 1 Midnight - Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell 1:50 a.m. - Tragedy of the Coolie  Samurai 3:30 a.m. - The Kingdom of Jirocho 2 5 a.m. - Yakuza Wolf 6:30 a.m. - Assassination: Right or Wrong 9 a.m. - Seven from Edo 10:40 a.m. - The Valiant Red Peony 2 12:20 p.m. - The Scroll's Secret....

“Fukuoka Ren’ai Monogatari (Love Stories from Fukuoka),” 2017-2018 drama, 1 hour and 41 minutes. Starring Nanami Sakuraba, Renn Kiriyama, Yosuke Sugino and Nao. “Love Stories from Fukuoka” is based on real-life stories submitted by viewers about their personal experiences with love, loss and longing. The stories are based in Fukuoka, the capital city of the....