Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
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Directed by | Kōki Mitani |
Written by | Kōki Mitani |
Starring | Toshiaki Karasawa Masahiko Nishimura |
Music by | Takayuki Hattori |
Distributed by | Toho |
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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[]
- 1997 films
- Japanese-language films
- Films directed by Kōki Mitani
- Japanese films
- Films with screenplays by Kôki Mitani
- Films scored by Takayuki Hattori