A Japanese director filmed a documentary "Post-epidemic Era" through his own perspective, which will truly show China, which is "controlling the virus while promoting economic development," to the world. He also hopes that China will be "post-epidemic". Sharing the experience and power of "Times" with other countries has aroused great repercussions.
A reporter from Chinanews.com recently interviewed the film director Ryo Takeuchi.
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Reporter: We know that the epidemic is still raging around the world. Why did you name the film "Post Epidemic Era" and what do you want to follow or express?
Takeuchi Ryo: I personally think that this virus cannot be eliminated in a short time. In the next one or two years, we will continue to prevent and control the epidemic while developing the economy. This state will continue for a while.
In my concept, China has already begun the "post-epidemic era", so I want to share China's experience with Japan and other countries.
Japan is also doing economic recovery while preventing and controlling the epidemic, but it is not doing well on both sides.
Reporter: The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China also appreciates your film. You said this finishing touch in the film: "At the moment, China can achieve epidemic prevention and control and economic recovery at the same time. It is a return to the joint efforts of 1.4 billion people. It is not just relying on the power of the government. I know you will not wear it. Look at China with colored glasses. "What kind of feelings made you make this judgment? What do you think is the reason why China can prevent and control the epidemic at the same time as the economy recovers?
Takeuchi Ryo: Now the epidemic in China has been well controlled, while the United States, Europe, and Japan are still far behind.
The analysis of Western media and Japanese media is the same, that is, whether it is to prevent and control the epidemic or restore the economy, it is a mandatory measure of the Chinese government.
But as a foreigner living in China, I know that this is not the case. It is not all done by the government. We people and everyone have worked hard.
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Reporter: How long has it taken you from the preparation to the broadcast of this film?
Takeuchi Ryo: Three months.
Prepare in October, start shooting in November, and then edit while shooting in December.
Reporter: How many people are helping you do this?
Takeuchi Ryo: Not to help, but to do it together.
The team did not do it alone.
There are about a dozen people in the team. I and the on-site executive director, as well as three or four photographers, editors, publicists, designers, etc.
Reporter: How is the script designed?
Takeuchi Ryo: We don't have a script.
I have a general theme. For example, today I am going to shoot the Lenovo factory in Wuhan, but I am uncertain about what I want to do. Then I will shoot when I see something interesting.
We don’t pose, it will be faster and more realistic.
What we want to emphasize is truth.
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Reporter: Why did you choose the theme of the documentary to "break against the trend"? How did the company choose? You even went deep into Lenovo's Wuhan factory and photographed every corner of them. How did you do this?
Takeuchi Ryo: After the preliminary investigation, we found that despite the epidemic, many companies are actually growing very fast, and then the production team discussed and said that the theme of the film was "against the trend."
Then we will select companies based on the theme of "Breaking Out against the Trend".
We raised companies on Weibo, and many companies signed up. For example, Lenovo's public relations department saw the recruitment information and signed up.
We were not subject to any restrictions when we went in. We could shoot anything, and they didn't care what it was like.
They have watched "Nanjing Anti-epidemic Scene" and "Long Time No See, Wuhan" I filmed before and they trust us very much.
All in all, the implementation went smoothly without any difficulties.
Reporter: What kind of feelings did you feel when you went deep into these factories to interview and shoot?
Takeuchi Ryo: China's prevention and control measures are very detailed.
For example, we filmed at the Lenovo factory in Wuhan. Actually, there are no new infected persons in Wuhan, but they continue to do it, and it is very detailed and strict.
More than 13,000 people have to change their masks twice a day and take their temperature 4 times a day.
It sounds simple, but it is really difficult to do.
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Reporter: You also showed the advanced aspects of Chinese corporate management and technology in your film. But it is well known that some high-tech companies in China are being sanctioned by certain Western countries. What do you think is the reason why the cognitive gap between East and West is still so large in the Internet era?
Takeuchi: Actually, there is no problem with Chinese companies. The problem with Huawei and Douyin is not a corporate problem, but a political problem.
This is not only a high-tech issue, but also because Western countries, including Japanese media, report China with prejudice, so a lot of misunderstandings have occurred.
They were suspicious of information about China, and they all looked at it with colored glasses.
So the media has created a very bad state.
Why do this?
It is for the audience rating. Black China reports have relatively high ratings.
They look at China with prejudice and misunderstanding. This is a big problem.
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Reporter: If we want to make up, what should we start with?
Takeuchi Ryo: I often say that the Western media are too black China, and the Chinese media are too boastful of themselves, so they still have to report objectively.
I suggest that China should also have cultural output that can reach ordinary people, because Japanese people don’t know Chinese information other than economy and politics. If they can know more Chinese movies, stars, idols, cartoons, fashion, etc., yes China's favor will definitely increase.
Because I also like watching Chinese movies, I think it's really interesting, but most Japanese don't know.
Reporter: Your film also has some doubts in Japan. For example, this person has a Chinese wife, and he may have been bought by China. What do you think of this misunderstanding?
Takeuchi Ryo: I did not praise China, I think I am objective, I just speak out what I feel.
Yes, some Japanese netizens said: "Takeuchi Ryo is a dog of the Chinese government, a spy of the Chinese government." But it doesn't matter, because these people don't read my work.
The reactions of people who have seen my work are basically good, basically more than 90% are positive energy.
The news of this documentary was also posted on the homepage of Japan's largest website Yahoo. The audience's comments were "China is so powerful" or "Japan has been surpassed by China, so we Japanese need to work hard."
It is very malicious to comment without looking at the work, "How is this Japanese?" "This Takeuchi has received money from the Chinese government."
So I just ignore the people who didn't watch this work. I don't care, I'm not interested.
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Reporter: These negative voices will not affect you either?
Takeuchi Ryo: Yes.
Because watching the film, you will know that this is not fake, but very real. It was not filmed for exaggeration.
Reporter: You emphasized in the film that the epidemic has given birth to the rapid development of unmanned people, which may be the future trend. But depopulation will also cause a large number of people to lose their jobs. What do you think will be the impact of unmanned in the future?
Takeuchi Ryo: My personal opinion is that some jobs will be unmanned in the future and new jobs will come out.
For example, unmanned driving, the job of bus driver is gone, but there was no such job in the era when there were no cars.
So with the development of high technology, a lot of jobs will definitely be eliminated, but at the same time new jobs will be created.
This is the history of mankind.
Reporter: Do you have any plans for shooting next?
Takeuchi Ryo: The next work is the Yangtze River.
Because I have been making documentaries for NHK (Japan Broadcasting Association) when I was in Japan, and I filmed the Yangtze River 10 years ago.
It took me a year (time) to take pictures from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at the source of the Yangtze River 10 years ago to Shanghai.
2021 is exactly 10 years, and I want to take pictures of the Yangtze River again and show China's changes in 10 years through a river.
I moved from Japan to China in 2013. There are many cities I like on the Yangtze River, Nanjing, Wuhan, Chongqing, and Shanghai are all on the Yangtze River.
I plan to go again this year to take pictures of the local customs along the Yangtze River.
Reporter: Ma Haiyan