The arrival of Matthew Perry's Black Ships rudely awakened Japan from 300 years of isolation from the world. Men set their eyes beyond Japan and began to demand change in society. Old clashed with the new, and thus began an age of turmoil. Amidst this confusion, one group remained true to the old ways and risked their lives to preserve the traditional shogunate system. Led by their charismatic captain, Kondo Isami, the Shinsengumi upheld the code of honor of the samurai. Tales abound of the feats of men like Kondo, Hijikata Toshizo and Okita Soshi. In general, the passion and glory of these men who lived during these turbulent times in Japanese history are given exploration.
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Yuki Amami
Kiyo
Shunsuke Nakamura
Soji Okita
Tetsuya Watari
Kondo Isami
Widowed Mrs Martingale and her four children inherit a castle in the will of an elderly relative. When they move in they find dear old Miss Button, the housekeeper, a whole host of cats and, odder still, a boy called Christopher Sixpence who keeps appearing and disappearing. What is he doing there?
Sang Zhi reconnects with Duan Jiaxu, her older brother’s friend, years after a childhood bond and secret crush. As they reunite in the same city and face life’s pressures together, their past connection deepens into a tender, healing romance.
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When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
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David McCallum stars as the rebellious Alan Breck Stewart, and this ambitious serial (a co-production between HTV and Germany's Tele-Munchen) also features a host of British character actors, including Bill Simpson, Patrick Allen, Andrew Keir, Patrick Magee and Frank Windsor. When young David Balfour arrives at his uncle's bleak Scottish house to claim his inheritance, his relative tries to murder him then has him shipped off to be sold as a slave in the colonies. Luckily for the lad, he strikes up a friendship with Alan Breck Stewart, who is on the run after Bonnie Prince Charlie's defeat at Culloden. When a ship's captain tries to kill Breck for his money, the two manage to get to land and set out for Edinburgh, dodging the ruthless Redcoats along the way.
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Set against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, the series is the story of the women caught up in the protracted conflict for the throne of England.
A-Qing, a sensitive youth in 1971 Taipei, is expelled from school and rejected by his family after a same-sex relationship with classmate Zhao Ying is discovered. Alone and searching for belonging, he begins spending time at New Park, a gathering place for gay men, where he meets friends and fellow outsiders navigating love, desire, and survival in a society that ostracizes them. Through his experiences and those of his peers, the story explores identity, friendship, longing, and the struggle for acceptance, offering a nuanced portrait of Taiwan’s gay subculture in the early 1970s and the bonds that sustain a marginalized community.
In a heady tale of revenge and obsession, the outlaw Zastrozzi, assisted by courtesan, Matilda, abducts his half-brother, Verezzi, and torments him into believing his lover, Julia, has been murdered. His campaign of vicious psychological abuse signals a grisly bloodbath of greed, envy, betrayal, retribution, and eternal damnation.
The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.
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10 episodes • 1998
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Attack on Ikedaya - The Great Duel at the Bakamatsu | Oct 8, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Attack in the Rain - To Kamo Serizawa | Oct 15, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Soji Okita - Love and Sword | Oct 22, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Shinsengumi's Announcement | Oct 29, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Moving Sozaburo with the Bangs | Nov 5, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 6 | A Premeditated Attack, Yamanami's Desertion | Nov 12, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Infiltration, Choshu's Spy | Nov 19, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Woman Who Followed Isami Kondo | Nov 26, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Internal Division, the Duel of Aburanokoji | Dec 3, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Last Farewell From Kondo, Hijikata and Okita | Dec 10, 1998 | 0.0 |
Yoichi Miura
Yamanami Keisuke
Hiroaki Murakami
Hijikata Toshizo