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| Leslie Cheung Memorial Events in Japan Collected and Translated by Alex Moriya April 25, 2003, 7:00 pm The Leslie Cheung Memorial Gathering at Tokyo Koseinenkin Kaikan The first gathering held in Japan in memory of Leslie Cheung. It included; Leslie's brief biography, his funeral footage in Hong Kong, video clips of condolence message from Japanese singers, a short talk of cinema interviewer, followed by a moment of silent prayer & his song "The Wind Still Blows". It was concluded by participants' offering of a white flower one by one to Leslie's portrait on the stage. More than 800 gethered in memory of Leslie Cheung. All were dressed in black. May 10, 2003, 22:30 pm Official Memorial Event at Shibuya Tokyu, sponsored by Jacky Chan Group Artist Campus Official Fan Club It was an all-night event. Every one of participants was given a white flower at entrance to offer floral tributes to Leslie's portrait on the stage before getting seated. The event consisted of short video clips of Leslie's concerts (including the recent one at Anita Mui's), talk of the guests who worked with Leslie, video letters from Hong Kong with simultaneous translation. After a short stage talk, two films were shown; The Eagle Shooting Heroes ('93) & Tri-Star ('96). It was officially announced this event be videotaped and to be presented to Mr.Tong at a later date. May 17-30, 2003 Leslie Film Festival at Shinjuku Musashinokan, Tokyo Shown were; "Farewell To My Concubine" "Happy Together" "Days of Being Wild" "He's a Woman, She's a Man" "Double Tap" "Ashes ot Time" "Shanghai Grand" "Inner Senses" was premiered on Feb 15 at this theater, but due to the unexpected passing of Leslie Cheung on April 1, his other renowned films were screened for two weeks in a row in honor of Leslie. Numerous fans and movie-goers gathered to pay tribtue to the memory of Leslie, and queued up for movies on show. The theater lobby was filled with Leslie's photos, articles, fliers, newspaper clips, posters, etc, and there were always beautiful fresh flowers placed with a memorial notebook for fans to leave their messgaes. It was small but they did a great job in displaying Leslie's world. The films are said to be passed on to the other theaters in other areas of Japan for further showing. |
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