To Tokyo Para Documentary Co-production IPC and NHK December 11 19:39

Next year at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, the IPC = International Paralympic Committee and NHK will jointly produce a documentary program and release it as the official Paralympic movie.

IPC and NHK announced a press conference in Tokyo on the 11th and will jointly produce a Tokyo Paralympic documentary program in cooperation with the Organizing Committee.

NHK will produce a documentary program that depicts Para-challenges taking on the competition, and the IPC will re-edit it and release it as an official Paralympic movie in Japan and overseas.

As IPC is the first full-fledged filmmaker, Parsons said, “I want to encourage the decision making of the future, especially by touching the eyes of the younger generation.”

In addition, NHK Chairman Ryoichi Ueda said, “The world's para-athletes will overcome difficulties and open up the future, aiming to become a legacy for the Tokyo Games”.

Production will begin in earnest next year and will be broadcast on NHK at the end of next year.