Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Directed by	Kōki Mitani
Written by	Kōki Mitani
Starring	Toshiaki Karasawa; Masahiko Nishimura
Music by	Takayuki Hattori
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	1997;
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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.^[1] 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).^[2] It was also nominated for Best Actor (Karasawa Toshiaki), Best Actress (Kyōka Suzuki), Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Film, Best Lighting, Best Music Score, and Best Supporting Actress (Keiko Toda).

Summary[]

A late-night live broadcast of a radio drama begins with none of the cast or crew being pleased with the project. When the lead actress Nokko Senbon (Keiko Toda) decides she won't play her role unless she's allowed to change her character's name, the whole cast eventually insists on changing various parts of the play to their liking. This begins a chain of events that completely changes every aspect of the story and requires the entire staff to participate in completing the drama, all while live on the air.

Cast[]

Toshiaki Karasawa as Manabu Kudo, the director
Kyōka Suzuki as Miyako Suzuki, the writer
Masahiko Nishimura as Tatsuhiko Ushijima, the producer
Keiko Toda as Nokko Senbon, actress
Inoue Jun as Mitsutoshi Hirose, actor
Toshiyuki Hosokawa as Hamamura Jo, actor
as Sumiko Nagai, assistant
Zen Kajiwara as Harugoro Otaguro, staff
as Bucky, the writer
Yoshimasa Kondo as Shiro Suzuki, Miyako's husband
Akira Fuse^[3] as Shuji Horinouchi, the executive producer
Shunji Fujimura as Mansaku Iori, security guard and foley artist
as Suguru Hosaka, announcer
as Makoto Tatsumi, sound mixer
as Furukawa
as Ben Noda
Ken Watanabe as truck driver
Kaori Momoi as Takako Nakaura, DJ
as Iwao Kamota, sleeping guy
as Kimihoko Saimeiji, control room
Nobuko Miyamoto as Rumiko Yamazaki, cleaning lady

References[]

^ "今観ても面白い！三谷幸喜初監督映画『ラヂオの時間". news.liverdoor. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
^ "ラヂオの時間とは". kotobank. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
^ "布施明". 松竹. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

External links[]

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald at IMDb

[1] "今観ても面白い！三谷幸喜初監督映画『ラヂオの時間". news.liverdoor. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

[2] "ラヂオの時間とは". kotobank. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

[3] "布施明". 松竹. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

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