'My Back Pages' looks at social unrest in 1960s Japan
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TOKYO —
Popular actors Satoshi Tsumabuki and Kenichi Matsuyama will appear together for the first time in the upcoming movie “My Back Pages.” Named after a song by Bob Dylan, the film tells the story of two idealistic journalists covering the social unrest in late-’60s Japan.
Matsuyama, known as Matsuken to his fans, got his start playing the genius detective L in the “Death Note” series and was tapped for the lead in the long-awaited adaptation of the Haruki Murakami novel “Norwegian Wood.” Tsumabuki’s breakthrough came with “Waterboys” in 2001, and he later appeared in the international productions “The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift” and “Tokyo!”
Rock band Magokoro Brothers cover the eponymous Dylan tune on the soundtrack.
“My Back Pages” opens on May 28.
Metropolis magazine (www.metropolis.co.jp)
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LoveUSA
Now that I have found some jewels in modern Japanese cinema, I would like to see this movie which covers the most interesting years of post war Japanese history. Thanks for the recommendation.
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smithinjapan
"Rock band Magokoro Brothers cover the eponymous Dylan tune on the soundtrack."
Great. So possibly one of the best parts of this movie is going to be trashed. I agree that the late '60s unrest is an interesting period (though in the end it proved to be simply another 'trend'), I worry about the use of pop-idols like 'Matsuken' to depict it in a serious manner.
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shirokuma2011
This should be interesting, though it's hardly the first time the period has been covered. In the end, the student radicals (mostly hard-core leftists) were unable to effect any real change, but those who participated, now in their 60s and 70s (some of whom I know personally) all saw their their own lives changed in many ways (and many of them continue to be tracked and monitored by the authorities, too).
"Matsuken" is hardly a pop idol...one of the few young actors on the scene today with a serious reputation, who's managed so far to resist most offers to sing/dance/yuck it up on the variety show circuit. An always-interesting performer.
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fleetwood77
The Byrds 1967 version of "My Back Pages is by far the best.
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