Erotisk kærlighedsdrama baseret på en sand historie fra Japan i 1936, hvor en mand og en af hans tjenere begynder en lidenskabelig affære. Deres ønske bliver en seksuel besættelse så stærk, at for at intensivere deres nydelse, forsager de alt, endda selve livet.
Den gamle, blinde vandringsmand Zatoichi ernærer sig som massør og hasardspiller i det 19. århundredes Japan. Trods alderen har han dog ikke mistet sine fantastiske evner som samurai, og sværdet svinges stadig med lige dele hurtighed og præcision. Zatoichi kommer til en lille by i bjergene, der hærges af den onde Ginzo og hans kumpaner, som ikke holder sig tilbage i deres nådesløse tag på byen. Her støder Zatoichi og hans godtroende ven Shinkichi, som han møder i byens spillebule, på de to unge geishaer, der dog viser sig at være et ungt søskendepar, som er i byen for at hævne mordet på deres forældre. Zatoichi vikles ind i deres tragiske, men hemmelighedsfulde historie, og jagten på den mystiske Kuchinawa går i gang. Med en hjord fuld fjender må Zatoichi og hans venner således tage kampen op, og det kan kun blive blodigt.
I årene før Anden Verdenskrig tvinges en fattig, japansk pige til at forlade sin familie for at arbejde som stuepige i et geisha hus. På trods af en forrædderisk rival, der vil knække hendes livsmod, blomstrer hun op og udvikler sig til den legendariske geisha Sayuri. Smuk og kultiveret forfører og erobrer hun tidens mest magfulde mænd, men er samtidig plaget af en hemmelig kærlighed til den eneste mand, hun ikke kan få.
The twin girls Tajima Megumi and Ichijo Nozomi was separated at birth after their parents had divorced. Years later they meet each other. Both of them have a career within the entertainment industry. Megumi who lives in Matsue, Shimane sings in the band Shijimijiru, and Nozomi is a maiko, an apprentice geisha in Kyoto.
Kiyo and Sumire came to Kyoto from Aomori Prefecture, dreaming of becoming maiko. But after an unexpected turn of events, Kiyo starts working as the live-in cook at the Maiko House. Their story unfolds in Kagai, the Geiko and maiko district in Kyoto, alongside their housemate maikos. Kiyo nourishes them daily with her homecooked meals, and Sumire strives toward her promising future as the once-in-a-century maiko.
A former samurai, a yakuza bodyguard, a devious spy, and a geisha assassin try to find their place in the rapidly evolving Meiji-era while escaping the sins of their pasts.
Two inseparable friends move to Kyoto to chase their dreams of becoming maiko, but decide to pursue different passions while living under the same roof.
El Pecado de Oyuki is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa in 1988. It was based on an original story by Yolanda Vargas Dulché, who also adapted the screenplay for television. The original comic book series was in the style of the foto-novela. For the role of Oyuki, the photographer selected the Mexican Japanese Sachiko Tsuchiya. Born in Tepic, Nayarit, she became the most recognizable Asian Mexican of her time. The telenovela was shown in the United States in 1988 through Univision. Dulché's story was also adapted for Brazilian television in 1967 and as a comic published starting April 11, 1975 by Grupo Editorial Vid. The Brazilian version was called "Yoshiko, um poema de amor" and starred actors Luis Gustavo and Rosa Miake.
This program introduces Japanese traditional performing arts like dance, kabuki, bunraku.
