Tony News 2003 [2]

9-25-03, Many thanks to our Japanese friend Yo Yo for this special photo delivery.  Tony is in Japan attending Infernal Affairs Premiere.  I hope all is well with people living near by the big quake.  (If you  haven't heard already, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake rocked Japan's northern island of Hokkaido early Friday.)

In addition to the photos, here is a report from Eri, another Japanese Tony fan.  (nice seeing you again!)

I came back from Tokyo late last night and here is the report to share with the fans in the other parts of the world, the news about Tony in Tokyo;

My friends and I can see the premeire at quite near the stage ( 7th row ) so we could see Tony clearly and I think Tony noticed us. We called Tony's name several times. Tony spoke a little Japanese like "Konbanwa" which is "Good evening", and He looked very nice. Before the premeire Tony and Andy were asked at the press conference that "How do you feel about so many fans waiting for you at the airport to welcome you ?" (because about 200 Andy's fans are there on 22nd) Andy answered "Thank you, I am very happy", then Tony said "There was only one for me" and laughed. (hahaha, poor Tony. I would have come to welcome Tony if I could.) But I know that Andy's fans' club give the info. about arrival time and departure time in advance so that the fans know when to go to the airport. On the other hand Tony's case, when I asked Jettone on Monday 22nd, they are still not sure about if Tony is really coming to Japan or not, so this one person who was waiting at the airport was just taking a chance, not so sure if she could see Tony or not. Tony finally arrived in the afternoon on 24th.

There was the press conference which I only read on some newspapaers and then the premeire on 25th. Perhaps you can read about these from HK newspapaer site, so I only want to add one episode here;

There was a lottery draw and 5 lucky persons got free trip to HK for the prize ( 5 in about 5000 people so I wasn't lucky one). When Tony chose one card and had to pronounce the name in Japanese, he was not confident enough and said "Kondo san"(the name) with very quiet voice, then asked "Please say it again with louder voice". Then Tony was a little embarrassed and shyly said with a little louder voice. At this time, most of Tony's fans there whispered "Oh, Tony is so CUTE !" "Kawaii".

Anyway, I guessed Tony is leaving on 26th, so I went to the airport to see him in the morning and found Tony's assistants, so I asked if Tony's coming later. She let us know that Tony's going to be on the flight at 6:30 in the evening. We decided to come back to the airport about 4:30 to see Tony and Tony came with a few other people at around 5 o'clock. We wanted to talk to Tony and I think Tony was happy to talk to us, however the man from the Japanese distribution company stoped us and hurried Tony to go through the gate even though he wasn't really have to hurry and there wasn't any trouble at the time. ( Only about 10 people were there)

I quickly avoid the obstacle (ha ha ha) and handed him the present (Little Panda with his adapted little girl's name tug) from a person who couldn't make it there, then he said "Thank you" in Cantonese.

(I didn't give him any present this time because he said he is now short of space to keep all the present from his fans, but he checked in all the presents he received in Japan in a big box.)

Tony looked back and smiling and waving to us a lot of times before going out of our sights. Tony and all his staffs from Hong Kong are very nice, but I don't like those Japanese company bosses, I wanted to say "Leave us alone for just a little time" but I didn't because I didn't want to put Tony into trouble.

I just wanted Tony to know that there are lots of Japanese fans support him and admire him even if it is not so obvious like some other actors' fans. We know why Tony's fans are like this, because we like Tony. Tony should keep his own style and we accept it. We don't want Tony to change and act like some other stars.

Tony, we all love you !

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