October 20, 2017

REAL POSSIBILITIES BY Barbara Kim Stanton

“Love Temperature,” Monday and Tuesday at 7:45 p.m.; re-airs on Tuesday and Wednesday at 2:15 p.m. Hyun-Soo is an aspiring drama series writer. She uses “Jane” as her username and begins chatting with username “Chakhan Seupeu” (‘Good Soup’) online. “Chakhan Seupeu” is actually Jung-Sun. He dreams of becoming a French food chef. They meet in....

Screenings of the Broadway Musical Also Scheduled for Hawai‘i Veteran actor and civil rights activist George Takei will honor veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team at a special program on Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i. Takei will be joined by cast members from the Broadway....

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1 Midnight – Two Young Lions 1:30 a.m. – Succession 3:30 a.m. – G-Men in the Pacific 5 a.m. – One-Eyed Ninja 6:30 a.m. – Young Spears 8 a.m. – Okoma the Orphan Gambler 9:40 a.m. – Monument of Star Lillies 11:50 a.m. – The Third Contest 1:20 p.m. – Samurai Hawks 2:50 p.m.....

“Brass Dreams,” premieres on Monday, Nov. 6, at 8 p.m. A touching drama based on a true story about Koichi Hikuma, a former musician who walked away from the world of music after being involved in an accident. One day, Koichi is approached and asked to become the advisor of a small brass band at....

TAKAYESU SOBA LOCATION: Urasoe, January 2017 Keiko’s older sister Yasuko is married to a rice farmer and they live in Hokkaidö, the northernmost prefecture of Japan. She flies home to Okinawa, the southernmost prefecture of Japan, every January to visit the family. During Yasuko’s visit earlier this year, we picked her up from Naha Airport....

“Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu,” premieres Thursday Nov. 2, at 7:35 p.m. In 1600, at the time the Battle of Sekigahara was launched, the assassination of Tokugawa Ieyasu is ordered. If Ieyasu’s death were known to the enemy troops right now, the situation would not be in the favor of the Eastern Army. Having made this judgment,....

In an interview with Stacey Hayashi, whose movie, “Go For Broke — An Origin Movie,” will premiere at the Hawaii International Film Festival, Tateishi recalled being at home in ‘Aiea when the bombs began falling on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Hayashi reposted her June 2016 interview with Tateishi, then 99 years old, on....

WHO/WHAT: Manoa Valley Church (United Church of Christ) presents its 47th Harvest Fair with proceeds earmarked for church facility maintenance and renovations. New attractions this year are a silent auction and keiki talent show. Shoppers...

ESTATE PLANNING INSIGHTS By Ethan R. Okura There have been many political changes in the federal government over the past year. With a Republican president in office and a Republican majority in the Congress, some people are concerned about possibly losing the expanded health care benefits that were provided for in the Affordable Care Act,....