Tuesday, 24 March 2009

"Last Story" bonus


Jo Hyun-Jae's DVD comes with a 44-page photo album "Last Story: 2008 Photograph Collection" that includes photos of JHJ's arrival at Osaka's Kansai Airport on June 21, the Japan Fan Meetings at Osaka and Tokyo on June 22 and 23 respectively, JHJ in the recording studio, also of the Korea Fan Meeting on July 19 (this is not in the DVD) and farewell on August 5, 2008.

The photo album cover is a pencil sketch of Hyun-Jae holding a microphone singing at the Tokyo Fan Meeting. (Photo 1)

The last photo shows JHJ saluting his fans at the August 5 farewell, with these Korean words written underneath (in JHJ's handwriting?) :

"I shall remember today forever. I love you."

In the DVD there is a shot of a man (wearing glasses) writing the above words. Only his back and half of his right face are shown, also his left hand holding down the piece of paper and his right hand writing. We have looked at it about a hundred times and concluded it had to be JHJ (from his right ear -- a means of identification.) The scene is in antique colour (slightly yellowed), like an old photograph, as if to portray an older man reminiscing over his past. (Or maybe this is all in our imagination?)

**For copyright reasons, please do not reproduce photos**

2 comments:

  1. Re your last paragraph -- you guys sound like forensic scientists!

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  2. Thank you for your kind words. Keep those comments coming!

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