Mille grazie for the link! I just completed binging on the series. Love how Ken has puppy dog eyes and a mischievous smile! You are the best!
It's so hard to find the older versions sometimes and I really like them (even if the video and audio aren't always clear). But, I'm a big fan of old black and white movies and artists like Hoagy Carmichael, Ish Kabbible and Fred Astaire (he can actually sing).
Mille grazie for introducing me to a great singer (he's also very easy on the eyes!) It's hard sometimes to locate the names and OSTs of the artists in these dramas for me as I'm limited to the English language (although Japanese was my first language).
My mother was a soprano and both my father (he could even yodel country western style) and sister were also talented in singing. Growing up I listened to tons of operas (my mother being Japanese from Japan was oddly fond of operas) and my mother had a fetish about proper breathing and singing. No audible gasps for breath should be noticed from the singer and I didn't notice any from Liu Yu Ning.
I've found that most singers these days cannot breathe properly (you frequently hear them gasping for breath during the songs) and also cannot properly pronounce the word "you" (almost always hear them saying "chew" instead).
So hats off to a young man whose determination and talent have led him to accomplish his dream and remain humble and thankful to his audience too.
Although I found this with English subtitles on DramaCool, Dramanice and KissAsian, all are missing Episode 8. Anyone know where I can find this episode even in RAW format?
As a half Japanese person born in Japan in the early '50s, (maternal side is all Japanese scattered with clan home in Morioka, father was a Seabee), I grew up watching Sonny Chiba in this series. So nice to see others are now enjoying Hattori Hanzou now too.
Prefer this version to the 2015 version, but only able to view the first 4 episodes. Any assistance locating additional episodes subtitled in English would be appreciated.
Only able to watch through Episode 7 with English subtitles. Any assistance in locating the rest of the series with English subtitles would be greatly appreciated.
Mahalo to 8392225 for the links. Unfortunately, unable to locate the links for English subtitled episodes after the AlwaysGrumpyCat DailyMotion episodes. Any assistance would be appreciated.
I believe in the following (and yes, I've been a victim of sexual abuse when I was younger, but that's not something I share with the hoi polloi).
Words I live by (shared from Hank Wesselman's journal)
"Toward the end of that long day, Makua suddenly and unexpectedly gave us a gift--a simple Hawaiian bowl fashioned of kamani wood. “This is your bowl of light,” he intoned with dignity. “This light is the essence that you brought into this life, a gift from your ‘aumakua, your higher self which divided itself.” He looked thoughtful as he turned the bowl this way and that. “As we pass through life, things happen. Sometimes we take things that don’t belong to us; sometimes we injure others through our words, our thoughts, or our actions; sometimes we achieve success at the expense of the failure of others. Whenever such things happen, we step into the negative polarity and some of our light goes out.” He smiled wistfully as he finished his thought, “Each time we do this, it is like we put a stone into our bowl… (long pause). Eventually, our bowl fills up with stones, and no light is forthcoming anymore.” The kahuna elder turned to us in the twilight, “Hopefully, we come to realize what we are doing before it fills completely. Do you know what you do then?” He abruptly burst into laughter, his full gray beard and long white hair quivering with mirth around his dark face. He flipped the bowl over deftly and shook it. “You dump it out!” More laughter shared by us all. Then his gaze turned serious once again. “When that we come to realize what we have been doing, we begin to live our lives differently. And it is then, precisely then, that we start to walk our path as spiritual warriors.”
Having been a victim of emotional and physical abuse and bullying during my school years due to the fact that I have a Japanese mother (from Japan; NOT Japanese American and after WWII and living on Navy bases growing up) and a Seabee, I have to say "let those without sin cast the first stone."
Not condoning bad behaviour or saying to ignore it, but lambasting someone for their conduct as a teen just because they are now a celebrity is kind of hard for me to stomach. Asking for an apology whilst the incident happened should have occurred; not just making media headline news because someone is now a celebrity. Reeks a little of envy and jealousy to me; bad karma...
People change and grow. A little forgiveness goes a long way. Be grateful every day for things in your life and don't let anger or resentment shadow your path.
Mille grazie.
It's so hard to find the older versions sometimes and I really like them (even if the video and audio aren't always clear). But, I'm a big fan of old black and white movies and artists like Hoagy Carmichael, Ish Kabbible and Fred Astaire (he can actually sing).
My mother was a soprano and both my father (he could even yodel country western style) and sister were also talented in singing. Growing up I listened to tons of operas (my mother being Japanese from Japan was oddly fond of operas) and my mother had a fetish about proper breathing and singing. No audible gasps for breath should be noticed from the singer and I didn't notice any from Liu Yu Ning.
I've found that most singers these days cannot breathe properly (you frequently hear them gasping for breath during the songs) and also cannot properly pronounce the word "you" (almost always hear them saying "chew" instead).
So hats off to a young man whose determination and talent have led him to accomplish his dream and remain humble and thankful to his audience too.
Por's videos are hard to locate and I really enjoy his performances.
Mahalo.
Mahalo
Mahalo.
Words I live by (shared from Hank Wesselman's journal)
"Toward the end of that long day, Makua suddenly and unexpectedly gave us a gift--a simple Hawaiian bowl fashioned of kamani wood. “This is your bowl of light,” he intoned with dignity. “This light is the essence that you brought into this life, a gift from your ‘aumakua, your higher self which divided itself.”
He looked thoughtful as he turned the bowl this way and that. “As we pass through life, things happen. Sometimes we take things that don’t belong to us; sometimes we injure others through our words, our thoughts, or our actions; sometimes we achieve success at the expense of the failure of others. Whenever such things happen, we step into the negative polarity and some of our light goes out.”
He smiled wistfully as he finished his thought, “Each time we do this, it is like we put a stone into our bowl… (long pause). Eventually, our bowl fills up with stones, and no light is forthcoming anymore.”
The kahuna elder turned to us in the twilight, “Hopefully, we come to realize what we are doing before it fills completely. Do you know what you do then?” He abruptly burst into laughter, his full gray beard and long white hair quivering with mirth around his dark face. He flipped the bowl over deftly and shook it. “You dump it out!” More laughter shared by us all. Then his gaze turned serious once again.
“When that we come to realize what we have been doing, we begin to live our lives differently. And it is then, precisely then, that we start to walk our path as spiritual warriors.”
Not condoning bad behaviour or saying to ignore it, but lambasting someone for their conduct as a teen just because they are now a celebrity is kind of hard for me to stomach. Asking for an apology whilst the incident happened should have occurred; not just making media headline news because someone is now a celebrity. Reeks a little of envy and jealousy to me; bad karma...
People change and grow. A little forgiveness goes a long way. Be grateful every day for things in your life and don't let anger or resentment shadow your path.