In 2011, the documentary A Journey to the Yangtze River by Japanese director Ryo Takeuchi became a hit in both China and Japan. The documentary portrayed the lives of several people from different social backgrounds, as well as the local conditions and customs along different parts of the Yangtze. Stretching 6,300 km, the Yangtze is the longest river in China and the third longest one in the world, earning it the moniker of the nation’s River of Life.
A decade later, Takeuchi, who had since relocated to Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, in the lower reaches of the Yangtze, decided to embark on a new journey tracing, garnered a high rating of 9.3 out of 10 on Chinese review platform Douban after its debut on Chinese streaming services in February 2022.
