# My Back Page
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{{Infobox film
| name = My Back Page
| image = My Back Page film DVD cover (2011).jpg
| caption =
| director = Nobuhiro Yamashita
| writer =
| based_on = Saburo Kawamoto's true life account
| starring = {{ubl|Satoshi Tsumabuki
|Kenichi Matsuyama
|Yuya Matsuura
|Munetaka Aoki
|Hiroshi Yamamoto
|Takeshi Yamamoto
|Hideki Nakano
|Daikichi Sugawara}}
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| released = {{Film date|2011}}
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| gross =
}}
{{Nihongo|'''''My Back Page'''''|マイ・バック・ページ|Mai bakku pēji|lead=yes}} is a 2011 Japanese film directed by [Nobuhiro Yamashita](/source/Nobuhiro_Yamashita), director of ''[Linda Linda Linda](/source/Linda_Linda_Linda)''.[{{Cite web |last=Schilling |first=Mark |date=2011-05-27 |title='My Back Page' |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2011/05/27/films/film-reviews/my-back-page/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=The Japan Times |language=en}}] It is based on [Saburo Kawamoto](/source/Saburo_Kawamoto)'s true life account.
The film was featured at the 2011 (30th) Vancouver International Film Festival, the 2011 (16th) Busan International Film Festival and the 2011 (55th) BFI London Film Festival.[{{Cite web |last=Koehler |first=Robert |date=2011-11-22 |title=My Back Page |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/my-back-page-1117946633/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}]
== Plot ==
The film follows the story of Sawada (played by [Satoshi Tsumabuki](/source/Satoshi_Tsumabuki)) joining a left wing magazine as a gonzo journalist in 1969. He is taken under the wing of the editor, and goes to interview Umeyama ([Kenichi Matsuyama](/source/Kenichi_Matsuyama)), who is developing a reputation as a radical - an activist intent on making a violent demonstration. However, Umeyama may not be exactly who he says he is.