Japanese filmmaker Ryo Takeuchi, who made an hour-long documentary earlier this year capturing China's battle against the COVID-19 pandemic and the process of healing in Wuhan, once the epicenter of the China’s coronavirus outbreak, has stressed that it was his own intention to cover COVID-19 stories in Wuhan rather than being asked or paid to, as some people outside China look askance at the documentary which has won widespread praises in and out of China.
I am looking forward for his next project "poverty alleviation"
Ryo Takeuchi, a Japanese director who knows China well and made a series Chinese-related documentaries, attended the forum of the 10th Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) and shared in the interview his next documentary project, which is still closely related to China.
On the afternoon of August 28, the "International Academic Forum on Cinematic Arts: A New Journey of Chinese Films in the New Era" of the 10th BJIFF took place at the Beijing Yanqi Lake International Convention and Exhibition Center.
As one of the guests, Takeuchi shared his experience in creating documentaries. He is accustomed to choosing his methods of expression based on the content being created. The starting point of documentaries, science fiction films, and action films is real life, so he doesn't believe there should be restrictions on the theme.
Next project is about China's poverty alleviation