The Osaka Loop

Kansai Raider

July 2025 •

Kansai Raider (Sr. 2)

July 2025 •

Naniwa no Bansan! Oishii Oishii Hashiri Meshi

July 2025 •Japanese

In the bustling city of Osaka, a captivating gourmet drama unfolds, revolving around the enigmatic Ban Akira, a taxi driver with a unique gift for ferrying distressed passengers with intricate dilemmas to exquisite dining establishments.

Pachinko

July 2025 •English

Follow the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family beginning with a forbidden love and crescendos into a sweeping saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and America to tell the unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph and reckoning.

Helen Osaka

July 2025 •

A Journey In Japan

July 2025 •English

We go on a one month backpacking adventure around Japan. In this 2 part documentary series we travel to Japan for the very first time. Travelling there for one month, starting in Tokyo and then using the Japan Rail Pass to explore the country.

Boku no Imouto wa "Osaka Okan"

July 2025 •Japanese

Boku-no-imoutowa"Osaka-okan", is a 2012/2013 Japanese anime television series, that premiered on December 21, 2012 on BS Asahi. The series has been licensed for streaming by Crunchyroll.

Naniwa Kin'yūdō

July 2025 •Japanese

Based on a manga series, this drama depicts the reality of 'machi-kane' (street lenders), a type of money lending business in Osaka.

Boogie Woogie

July 2025 •Japanese

Sets in the 1910s, this is the story of Hanada Suzuko, a young girl who grew up in a family that owned a bathhouse in downtown Osaka. From a young age, Suzuko loved to sing and dance, and joined the Umemaru Girls Opera Company (USK) in Dotonbori. Suzuko continued to show her talent for singing and eventually became a star of the postwar era.