Cantopop star, 1970s idol in Japan and writer Agnes Meiling Kaneko Chan (陳美齡) spoke about the need to overcome societal conflicts and clear up misunderstanding to recreate the kind of good neighbourliness demonstrated in the 2015 Japan-Turkish coproduction “125 Years Memory”, which was screened prior to her talk at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Auditorium of the Open University of Hong Kong’s Hong Kong Jockey Club Campus. 125 Years Memory, released in December 2015, is a dramatic depiction of two historical incidents that deepened the friendship between Japan and Turkey: The sinking of the Turkish frigate Ertuğrul off the Japanese coast in 1890, and the evacuation of Japanese nationals from Tehran in 1985. Directed by Mitsutoshi Tanaka and written by Eriko Komatsu, the film was given institutional support by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the screening at OUHK was organised by the Japanese Consulate General in Hong Kong. Chan rose to fame as a "foreign television personality" (gaijin tarento) in the 1970s before taking up studies in psychology in the Jesuit-run Sophia University in Tokyo and earning a Doctor of Philosophy in Stanford University. She is also known to have been a professor at Japanese universities, an essayist and a novelist. Since 1988, Chan has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and also supports the Japan Committee for UNICEF. #陳美齡 #アグネスチャン #海難1890 #ertuğrul1890 (at 香港公開大學(The Open University of Hong Kong)) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrjpTTOB-lp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1014104unwzzg
