The "Hong Kong–Japan Year 2005 Film Festival", opened in Tokyo on Monday. 

As an important cultural exchange between Japan and Hong Kong, the festival has two parts, a film conference and a music conference.

Hong Kong popular stars, Cecilia Cheung and Leo Ku, attended the music conference, which was also attended by Korean singer, BoA; Japanese band, Chemistry; and the composer Yanagiman.

At the film conference, Cecilia Cheung and Leo Ku's new movie, Sassy Killer- which was directed by Hong Kong master, Wong Jing - was screened to an audience in excess of 200.

The Festival will run for two weeks, during which a slate of representative Hong Kong movies, such as Infernal Affairs and the Color of the Truth, will also be screened.

(CRI October 19, 2005)