November 17, 2017

CULTURE 4KIDS! By Carolyn Kubota Morinishi and Marian Kurasaki Kubota To learn how you can create this issue’s craft or featured activity, please click below to subscribe to our online subscription or complete and submit a form here to subscribe to our print edition.

FRIDAY, DEC. 1 Midnight – Shingo’s Original Challenge 1:50 a.m. – Moment of Demon 3:50 a.m. – The Shadow War of the Yakuza 5:30 a.m. – The Envoy 7 a.m. – Bloodied Spear 8:40 a.m. – Lifetime Insecurity 10:30 a.m. – Hibari’s Favorite 11:50 a.m. – Prison Boss 1:20 p.m. – 1,750 Days of Turbulence 3:20 p.m.....

SUNDAY, DEC. 17 12:30 a.m. – Gentle Breeze 2:10 a.m. – The Black Hooded Man 2 3:40 a.m. – Fate Deals the Card of Death 5:30 a.m. – Falcon Magistrate 7:10 a.m. – Bloodied Spear 8:50 a.m. – KAKEKOMI 11:20 a.m. – Cape of the Vampire Bats 12:50 p.m. – Bloodied Flower 2:40 p.m. – Travels of Hibari....

“Warotenka,” premieres on Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7:15 p.m. The 97th NHK Asadora is about Ten, a cheerful girl born in Kyoto in the late Meiji period, who finds great joy in a life filled with laughter. After getting married, she and her husband launch a storytellers’ hall management in Osaka, leading her to become....

“Gekido no 1750-nichi (1,750 Days of Turbulence),” 1990, 1 hour and 55 minutes. Directed by Sadao Nakajima. Starring Kiichi Nakai, and Masaya Kato. The depiction of a 1,750-day long gang war. “Gokuchu no Kaoyaku (Prison Boss),” 1968 action film, 1 hour and 30 minutes. Directed by Yasuo Huruhata. Starring Ken Takakura and Junko Fuji. Rival....

“Homicide Team 9 – Season 6” (TV Asahi), premieres Saturday, Dec. 9, at 8 p.m. Homicide Team 9, which is composed by the few elites, is the most unusual team in criminal investigation divisions of the Metropolitan Police Department. They are always at the top of the criminal arrest rate. They try to solve criminal....

“Sweet Enemy,” Monday-Friday at 9:20 p.m.; re-airs Monday-Friday at 12:20 p.m. When Dal Nim Oh (Eun Hye Park) is falsely accused of murder, she decides to take revenge on those responsible for her misery. Starring Park Eun Hye Park, Gun Yoo, Jae Woo Lee and Tae In Park. “Love Temperature,” Monday and Tuesday at 7:45....

Raw Vegetable Nutrients Are Difficult to Absorb Professor Hiroshi Maeda of Kumamoto University explained how he began his research. “Vegetables are exposed to the sun’s rays and ultraviolet radiation throughout the day, yet their cells are not...

House in Kapa‘a Has Been Home to Four Generations of the Kurasaki Family Carolyn Morinishi Special to The Hawai‘i Herald “Long periods of suffering have left their imprint on her face and posture, but her spirit and faith have remained strong and undaunted through the years.” — Isami Kurasaki writing about his mother, Hide Kurasaki....