竹内亮：我住在这里的理由

文/南京市科技局

他是一位纪录片导演，也是一位在中国南京定居的日本人。

此前为日本NHK电视台拍摄与中国相关的纪录片，他因此与中国结缘，并决定在南京成家立业。他的作品往往将焦点放在普通百姓身上，纪录他们平常的生活，故而充满“烟火气”。

他的作品《我住在这里的理由》（2015年）在各大在线播放平台上线，目前播放量已超过6亿；《好久不见，武汉》（2020年）、《南京抗疫现场》（2020年）也让全世界看到了中国是如何真实应对新冠肺炎疫情这场突如其来的灾疫。

他叫竹内亮。

Takeuchi Ryo is a Japanese documentary director living in Nanjing, China.

He was attached to China by shooting a documentary about the country for NHK, and finally decided to move to Nanjing. His works usually focus on the daily life of ordinary people.

The Reason I Live Here(2015) has got more than 600 million views on online video platforms;Long Time No See, Wuhan(2020)andNanjing’s Anti-epidemic Scene(2020) have shown the world how China has responded to the sudden outbreak of COVID-19.

温暖的家庭

有一句话说得很好：“因为一个人，爱上一座城”，对于竹内亮导演来说，他爱上的不是一个人，而是一个温暖的家庭。

2004年，竹内亮与来自中国的赵萍相识相爱。在相恋一年后，竹内亮和赵萍在日本注册结婚，组成了幸福的家庭。

从此以后，竹内亮就对中国产生了极大的兴趣，因为想要拍摄中国纪录片的强烈愿望，2013年，竹内亮放弃了在日本的工作，带着妻儿回到了妻子的父母家——中国南京。现在竹内亮导演是一家六口住在一起。五年前刚刚来到南京的竹内亮，中文说得还不是特别好，但现在已经可以流利地和中国人聊天、工作了。

A Place to Call Home

Some people fall in love with a city because they met someone special there. But Takeuchi take things a step further. He grows fond of Nanjing because this is the place he calls home.

When he was shooting a documentary in 2004, Takeuchi met and fell in love with a Chinese girl named Zhao Ping. A year later, they got married in Japan.

Takeuchi has taken a great interest in China since then. In 2013, driven by a fervent will to shoot a documentary about the country, he decided to quit his job in Japan and move with his family to Nanjing where Zhao’s parents were living. Currently,they are a family of six, including two adorable children. His Chinese was spotty when he came to Nanjing five years ago.But now, he can speak the language fluently in daily life and at work.

在南京搭建中日友好沟通的桥梁

早在2004—2007年期间，竹内亮就开始作为导演拍摄有关中国内容的电视纪录片，包括江苏村官（《脱下高跟鞋的村官》）等电视纪录片。

A Bridge of Communication

From 2004 to 2007, Takeuchi began filming TV documentaries about China as a director, includingA Young Female College Graduate Serving As A Village Officialand other TV documentaries.

From 2010 to 2011, he traveled along the Yangtze River from the river sources in Qinghai and Yunnan to the estuary in Shanghai. He was amazed at the diverse landscapes along the way.Nanjing is a perfect mix of nature and city. He said, ”Although located in the most prosperous area in China, Nanjing is less busy than Shanghai. Life here is relatively slow and relax. And it’s a wonderful city to live.” Finally, he decided that settling down in Nanjing was the best thing to do.

2010—2011年，竹内亮与自己的拍摄工作组成员一起走过了青海、云南、四川、重庆、湖北、湖南、江西、江苏、上海等地，见识到了中国的不同地方的不同风景。在他看来，南京是一个将自然和城市完美结合的地方，“这里既不像上海那么忙碌和商业化，又处在中国最繁华的地区，它的节奏快慢恰到好处，很适合生活。”最终，他选择了定居中国南京。

竹内亮拍摄2020南京马拉松暨全国马拉松锦标赛

在来到中国两年后，他与妻子赵萍和朋友阿部力开始了《我住在这里的理由》的拍摄。在他的镜头下，南京人的吃饭聊天、上学上班、娱乐休闲都能够成为拍摄素材。竹内亮善于并且热爱去记录这些看似平常的“南京故事”，正如他所说，每一个南京人在镜头前都是独特而真实的，所有的想法和感情都能够表现出来。

2020年2月，新冠肺炎疫情越发严重，但日本街头年轻人却丝毫不在意。见此，为让日本人增强防护意识，竹内亮制作了一条介绍南京抗疫的视频——《南京抗疫现场》。

10分钟的短片全面真实地呈现了南京民众疫情防控下的日常生活和工作。短片自3月2日一问世就成为日本社会的关注焦点，日本多家电视台播出该片，并邀请竹内亮讲述中国抗疫故事。而在中国国内，包括共青团中央微博等主流媒体平台都播放了这部纪录片，观看的网民达千万之多。一时之间，这部纪录片在中日两国都引起了巨大反响。

随着疫情席卷欧美，竹内亮团队继续完善拍摄内容，又制作了英文字幕，并于3月15日上传优兔，让许多老外网友也看得“叹为观止”。

纪录片中，竹内亮导演真实客观地记录了南京人抗击疫情的一幕幕：进居民小区前量体温、酒精消毒；“零接触”买快餐，用手机App登记旅行信息，学生们“宅”家上网课等。

Two years after he came to China, he and his wife, together with their friend Tsuyoshi Abe, started to shoot the documentary,The Reason I Live Here. He likes to record the daily lives of ordinary people in Nanjing. You can find people eat, chat, go to school or work, and enjoy leisure time in his videos. As he said,people in his videos show true thoughts and feelings, and each of them is unique.

In February 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic went from bad to worse, but the young people in Japan did not take it seriously.To draw more Japanese attention to the disease, Takeuchi filmedNanjing’s Anti-epidemic Scene.

A 10-minute video that records the daily lives and work of locals amid the outbreak. The documentary made a splash in both Japan and China. Since its advent on March 2, many Japanese TV stations have spotlighted the documentary and invited Takeuchi to tell how Chinese people fought the epidemic. In China, it was covered by mainstream media including the Weibo account of the Central Committee of the Communist Young League, and got tens of millions of views.

As the epidemic rampaged through the West, Takeuchi and his team subtitled the documentary in English and posted it on YouTube on March 15. It soon went viral among foreign people.

The documentary tells true stories of Nanjing’s fight against the epidemic: people had their temperature taken and cleaned their hands with hand sanitizer before entering a community; foods were delivered with zero contact; traveling information was registered with mobile apps; students attended school from home.

他说：“最好的办法就是做好自己，用镜头让更多日本人了解真实的中国。”走遍南京的大街小巷、楼宇屋阁，南京人民表现出的团结一心、积极配合政府的抗疫管控措施给导演留下了深刻的印象。

He said, “The best thing I can do is make a decent documentary and let more and more Japanese people know China for what it is.” Having witnessed all of these anti-epidemic efforts, he was impressed by the solidarity of people in Nanjing.

变化中的国家，发展中的城市

如果和父母家人一样，一直生活在故乡日本那一个地方，竹内亮现在也许是小镇青年一枚吧。但谁都不曾想到，他会到对岸的中国生活，也才发现他可以游走于各大新闻媒体之间，“红”到了中国的各个地方。

竹内亮发自肺腑地表示：“中国非常有意思。”中国的快速变化使得好奇心很强的他过得越来越开心，“南京的历史、美食、文化都很丰富，发展变化也很快”，“很喜欢南京的美丽自然，有山有水。美食也很多，我很喜欢南京的鸭血粉丝汤……最喜欢的是南京人，热情、友好，很包容。”

这就是竹内亮住在中国南京的理由。

目前在他看来，最需要做的就是做好自己，继续拍摄制作反映两国文化和社会的视频，促进相互了解。他相信，抗击新冠肺炎疫情一定可以取得最终的胜利，到那时，一切都会好起来。

A Growing City in a Country amid Changes

If Takeuchi spent a life in his hometown, like his parents had,he would have been a nobody. But to everyone’s surprise, he came to China and became a national sensation.

“China is an amazing country,” said Takeuchi in all sincerity.Intensely curious and enthusiastic about life, he is excited about the rapid changes in China.”Nanjing enjoys a long history,fascinating foods and a rich culture. And it’s growing dynamically…Nanjing has the most breathtaking landscapes. I can’t get enough of its mountains and waters.There are also a lot of delicious foods here. I like the duck blood and vermicelli soup very much...What I love most about the city is its friendly and tolerant people.”

Those are the reasons Takeuchi lives in Nanjing.

He is wasting no time filming more documentaries about the cultures and societies of China and Japan, hoping that both countries can understand each other better and bring COVID-19 to heel to gether. Come that day, he believes, everything will be fine.

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