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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (ラヂオの時間, Rajio no Jikan, "The Time of Radio") is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Kōki Mitani. [2] It was popular in Japan upon its release and won 3 Japanese Academy Awards for Best Screenplay, Best Sound, and Best Supporting Actor (Nishimura Masahiko). [3]
Original title: ‘ラヂオの時間’Directed by Koki Mitani. (English softsubs included. Turn on CC.)A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadca...
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- capitaldisease
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald: Directed by Kôki Mitani. With Toshiaki Karasawa, Kyôka Suzuki, Masahiko Nishimura, Keiko Toda. Just before the live airing of a radio play, an actress decides to change the name of her character.
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- Comedy
- Kôki Mitani
A story of a plain Japanese suburbia housewife's melodramatic love affair with a fisherman is rewritten to be a romantic spectacle between a beautiful lawyer and a handsome astronaut. Later, the ...
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- Toshiaki Karasawa
- Koki Mitani
- Comedy
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald flawlessly explores the clash between the original author vs. the demanding producers/cast/crew + the Japanese corporate hierarchy + the dying art form of radio drama + the power of artistic collaboration. Best ensemble ever.
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- TOHO, Fuji Television Network
- Koki Mitani
Nov 8, 1997 · 'Welcome Back Mr. McDonald' (McDonald) is a film about what goes on behind a live radio drama, 'Unmei no Onna' (Woman of Destiny). Miyako Suzuki, who's otherwise just another Japanese housewife, takes part in a drama writing competition held by a broadcasting station and wins on her first ever script.
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A radio play is going to go on air at a Tokyo radio station. It is a weepy melodrama written by housewife Miyako, who is the winner of the competition run by the station. Suddenly, the hot-tempered lead actress Nokko decides she wants the name of her character to be Mary Jane and not Ritsuko.
