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ToruKubota[1] (久保田 徹, Kubota Toru;born February 23, 1996) is a Japanese filmmaker.
He was detained in military-controlled Myanmar on July 30, 2022.[2]
Career
Born in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture in 1996.[1]
He started his creative activities in 2014 when studying at the Department of Political Science at Keio University.[1][3]
Studied documentary at a graduate school in London from 2019, but dropped out the following year.
In March 2020, he returned to Japan due to the influence of the new coronavirus.
In an interview about his overseas activities, "I was creating works that approached so-called international issues."
"However, when I returned to Japan due to the corona crisis, I started to pay more attention to my sense of ownership."
he said. Then he is returning his base of activities to Japan.
He made "Tokyo Little Nero" in the midst of a change in his state of mind and the corona crisis.
Then, he was asked by Toshio Akagi's wife to photograph her husband's room, and he produced the documentary
"I Want to Know the Truth."[4]
On July 30, 2022, he was arrested by security authorities while covering
and filming a Myanmar coup protest demonstration in Yangon.
He is charged with sedition and violating immigration laws,
but the Japanese government has requested Myanmar's early release.[5][6]
However, on October 5, a military court sentenced Kubota to seven years in prison.[7]
On November 17th, he was released under a military amnesty and returned to Japan on the 18th.[8][9][10][11]
After returning to Japan, along with journalist Yuki Kitazumi, who had experience of being detained
by the Myanmar military like Kubota,
they started the project "Docu Athan" to support journalists in Myanmar.[12][13][14]
(Personal prizes)
He describes documentary production as "a sculptural process. "
He also describes himself as a documentary filmmaker rather than a journalist.[5]
- ^ a b c "Toru Kubota". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "ミャンマーで邦人拘束 ドキュメンタリー制作の久保田徹さんか 抗議デモを撮影、逃げ遅れ：東京新聞 TOKYO Web". 東京新聞 TOKYO Web (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "久保田 徹 | 支援クリエイター | クマ財団 | クリエイター支援奨学金制度". クリエイターのためのクマ財団 (in Japanese). 2022-10-01. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "活動支援生インタビュー Vol.8 久保田 徹 「ドキュメンタリーは、ひとが自由になるための"知性"」 | ニュース | クマ財団 | クリエイター支援奨学金制度". クリエイターのためのクマ財団 (in Japanese). 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ a b "久保田徹さん拘束 容疑は「扇動、入管法違反」 ミャンマー国軍". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ Tomita, Sumireko (2022-08-03). "「無謀な若者ではない。強い思いで取材していた」ミャンマーで拘束された久保田徹さんの解放求める声". BuzzFeed (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "ミャンマー軍事法廷、久保田徹さんに禁錮7年判決 撮影中に拘束". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "ミャンマーで拘束の久保田徹さん解放 国軍が「恩赦」発表". 毎日新聞 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (2022-11-18). "解放の久保田さんが帰国「１０年の長さが重くのしかかっていた」". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "解放の久保田徹さん「注目をミャンマーの人に向けて」（日テレNEWS）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ 日本放送協会 (2022-11-17). "ミャンマーで拘束 久保田徹さん解放へ 今夜ミャンマー出発予定 | NHK". NHKニュース. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "Docu Athan ドキュ・アッタン | ミャンマーを応援する映像サイト". Docu Athan ドキュ・アッタン (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "ミャンマークリエイター支援プラットフォーム『ドキュ・アッタン』". World Voice 現地発・新世代ブロガーがつくるプラットフォーム. 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "国境付近に身を潜め…命がけで「声」発するミャンマーの表現者たち 日本の映像作家らが「伝える場」を開設、その名はドキュ・アッタン (47NEWS)". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
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