The 129-minute documentary not solely showcased the magnificent surroundings of China’s mountains and rivers but additionally took a candid have a look at the good modifications in China through the years by the comparability of the interviewees’ lives in 10 years, offering insights into the actual China by recording individuals’s each day life in simple methods.
TOKYO, May 23 (Xinhua) — A movie occasion devoted to screening a collection of China-themed documentaries shot by Japanese director Ryo Takeuchi is at present underway in Tokyo. At the current premiere of his documentary “The Yangtze River,” Takeuchi expressed his intention to carry the documentary week in Japan.
“There are still many biased reports about China in Japan. So I hope that through these films, everyone can see an ordinary and real China that the media does not usually report, or that has not been reported,” the documentary director stated on Friday.
In truth, Takeuchi’s story in regards to the Yangtze River began a lot earlier. Back in 2011, he participated within the filming of a documentary about China’s longest river for NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster, when he sailed on the river from west China’s Qinghai and Sichuan provinces all the way down to Shanghai.
For the brand new manufacturing of the Yangtze River, Takeuchi travelled alongside the 6,300-km river to file how the glacier melts and varieties the “first drops of water” of the river and confirmed the viewers the modifications which have taken place in China up to now decade by one river.
The 129-minute documentary not solely showcased the magnificent surroundings of China’s mountains and rivers but additionally took a candid have a look at the good modifications of China through the years by the comparability of the interviewees’ lives in 10 years, offering insights into the actual China by recording individuals’s each day life in simple methods.
Shiroiwa, a Japanese movie viewer, expressed his eagerness to go to China once more: “I was fascinated by China when I first visited the country in 2018. I am really happy to see so many places in China through the documentary. Now that I have started learning Chinese, I hope to go to China again soon to see the Yangtze River.”
More viewers stated that their understanding of China has modified after watching the documentary.
Yamashita, who works within the Japanese monetary trade, instructed Xinhua, “Regarding the Three Gorges, the Japanese media only reported that people were forcibly relocated. But through the documentary, I saw people living a different life through relocation and keeping up with the times.”
“That really touched me. I hope more Japanese people can go to the cinema to see the film and understand China in a comprehensive way,” he stated.
The documentary provides the viewers an actual sense of the modifications that China’s growth has dropped at the lives of the individuals. Many Japanese viewers stated what impressed them probably the most within the film was the change of life for Rinchen Cimu, a Tibetan woman.
“Ten years ago, the Tibetan girl who could only greet tourists shyly with a lamb in her arms at the doorstep of her house and had never seen a high-rise building, became a high-end guesthouse operator 10 years later. It’s really astonishing,” Japanese reporter Ito stated emotionally.
Takako Tajima from the Japan-China Friendship Association in Kanagawa prefecture stated, “Through the documentary, I have seen a broader and richer China and the simplicity and kindness of the Chinese people. I was very moved.”
“I want to invite the over 500 members of the association to watch it, and I also hope that this documentary can be shown not only in Tokyo, but throughout Japan,” she added.
Running on May 19-25, Ryo Takeuchi’s Documentary Week options 4 movie model of the documentaries “The Yangtze River,” “100 Faces of Huawei,” “Long Time No See, Wuhan,” and “Beyond the Mountain.”
“I hope that everyone can understand the current China from multiple angles,” Takeuchi stated within the documentary’s promotional web page. “Since I have shot films in dozens of countries I really haven’t seen any country as interesting and incredible as China.”