September 15, 2017

SUNDAY, OCT. 1 Midnight – Ghost Ship, Part 1 1:30 a.m. – Magistrate of Dice 3 a.m. – Carmen 1945 5 a.m. – Peacock Secrets 6 a.m. – Little Tengu 7:20 a.m. – High School Superheroine 9 a.m. – The Killing Game 10:40 a.m. – Three Talismans 12:10 p.m. – Skylark Forest 1:40 p.m. – A....

MONDAY, OCT. 16 12:40 a.m. – Little Tengu 2 a.m. – High School Superheroine 3:40 a.m. – Seven Knights, Part 2 4:40 a.m. – Classmates 6:30 a.m. – Magistrate of Dice 8 a.m. – Gassoh 9:30 a.m. – The Killing Game 11:10 a.m. – Three Talismans 12:40 p.m. – Phantom Goblin 2:10 p.m. – Seven....

“Yumetairiku Hokkaido (Land of Dreams: Hokkaido),” premieres Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 8:30 p.m. In May, Hokkaido became the fifth prefecture to establish a sister-state relationship with state of Hawai‘i. NGN began airing “Yumetairiku Hokkaido” from Sapporo TV to commemorate this new sister-state relationship. Watching this program will make you feel as if you are experiencing....

“Gozonji Kaiketsu Kurozukin Maguna no Hitomi (The Black Hooded Man),” 1955 jidaigeki, 1 hour and 25 minutes. Directed by Kiyoshi Sasaki. Starring Ryutaro Otomo, Kunio Kaga and Chizuru Kitagawa. A mysterious black hooded man intervenes when an anti-government group who plots to steal the precious blue diamond called “Manuga no Hitomi.” “Hibari no Mori no....

“Kuroi Jukai,” airs on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. Nobuko and Sachiko are sisters living together in Tokyo. They share a very close relationship ever since their parents died when they were young. One day, Nobuko leaves for a vacation, and Sachiko is shocked to receive word of her death that night. Even more....

“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....

Cooked Vegetables Guard Against Aging When it comes to vegetables, cooked is better. In fact, research has shown that cooked vegetables have five to 100 times the cancer-fighting benefits of raw vegetables. Despite the widespread...

SHI-MI Location: Gushikawa Memorial Park, April 2017 The Obon season concluded while I was in Hawai‘i, volunteering with the Okinawa Prefectural Library staff at the Okinawan Festival. Several Uchinanchu who were in Hawai‘i on work-related projects in late August rushed back to Okinawa by Sept. 3 in order to be home for Obon. Most of....

Kevin Kawamoto Commentary Special to The Hawai‘i Herald Organizers had to clear more space in front of the Kapi‘olani Park Bandstand stage to accommodate the throng of fans who turned out to see and hear Rimi Natsukawa perform at the Okinawan Festival, presented by the Hawaii United Okinawa Association, on Sept. 3. And the popular....