Tositapahtumiin perustuva tarina Yhdysvaltain armeijan ensimmäisestä urhoollisuusmitalin saaneesta aseistakieltäytyjästä. Desmond T. Doss haluaa auttaa isänmaatansa toisen maailmansodan syttyessä ja liittyy armeijaan, mutta uskonnollisesta vakaumuksestaan johtuen mies ei voi koskea aseeseen. Doss joutuu taistelemaan läpi oikeuden päästäkseen rintamalle, jossa hän todistaa lopulta urhoollisuutensa pelastamalla yli seitsemänkymmenen sotilaan hengen.
Herra Miyagi saa tietää, että hänen vanha isänsä on kuolemaisillaan. Miyagi päättää matkustaa Okinawalle tavatakseen isänsä vielä kerran. Lahjakas mutta yhä kokematon karate-oppilas Daniel Larusso tekee opettajalleen seuraa matkalla. Eksoottinen Japani onkin todellinen elämys nuorelle amerikkalaiselle, joka antautuu romanssin pyörteisiin vaarallisin seurauksin.
The 64th NHK Asadora Renzoku Drama is Churasan, a story of a young woman, Kohagura Eri, who was born in Kohamajima Island, Okinawa on May 15, 1972, the day when Okinawa was returned to Japan from the U.S. Eleven years later, Kamimura Shizuko and her two sons, Kazuya and Fumiya, from Tokyo come to stay as the guests of a small inn run by Eri’s family. Eri’s fun-loving, yet eccentric family welcomes them warmly. However, Eri is shocked to hear one of the sons, Kazuya is terminally ill and Shizuko and her sons came to Okinawa to spend his last moment together in beautiful nature. Fumiya, Kazuya’s younger brother, and Eri promise to marry each other someday. However after Kazuya’s death, Fumiya and his mother leave the island to go back to Tokyo. Years later, they are reunited, Eri as a nurse and Fumiya, a doctor, working at the same hospital in Tokyo.
Higa Nobuko was born and raised with her four siblings in a farmhouse in the "Yanbaru region" in the northern part of the main island of Okinawa. She aims to become a chef drawing inspiration from Okinawan cuisine. The four siblings follow very different paths, but the memories of their hometown connect their hearts and they're able to overcome their hardships as a family.
Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.
Arajin Tomoshibi’s reunion with his old pal Matakara Asamine takes an unexpected turn when they stumble into a brawl with the toughest guys in town. And just when you thought things couldn’t get weirder, a colossal genie decides to drop in. Brace yourself for the ultimate showdown. It’s the clash of the cool and the magical!
Teruaki Nakamura recently transferred to school in Okinawa from Tokyo and fell in love with a girl. Unfortunately, he can't understand her dialect! With the help of his new friend Higa-san, Nakamura will experience a cross-cultural romance on the southern island.
The drama revolves around Okinawa's Churaumi Aquarium, which opened in 2002 and was the largest in the world until 2005. Tokito Saburo stars in the drama as the aquarium's director. The story begins when he announces the plans for the aquarium's 7500-ton main tank, inspired by a boy fighting an incurable illness in a Hokkaido hospital. (Source: Tokyograph)
