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8 November 1997 (Japan) morePlot:
A radio play is going to go on air at a Tokyo radio station. It is a weepy melodrama written by housewife Miyako... more | add synopsisAwards:
17 wins & 9 nominations moreUser Comments:
10/10 Japanese Comedy more (15 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Toshiaki Karasawa | ... | Manabu Kudo, the director | |
| Kyoka Suzuki | ... | Miyako Suzuki, the writer | |
| Masahiko Nishimura | ... | Tatsuhiko Ushijima | |
| Keiko Toda | ... | Nokko Senbon | |
| Jun Inoue | ... | Hiromitsu Hirose | |
| Toshiyuki Hosokawa | ... | Hamamura Jo | |
| Kaoru Okunuki | ... | Sumiko Nagai | |
| Zen Kajiwara | ... | Harugoro Otaguro | |
| Moro Morooka | ... | Bucky, the writer | |
| Yoshimasa Kondô | ... | Shiro Suzuki, Miyako's Husband | |
| Akira Fuse | ... | Shuji Horinouchi | |
| Shunji Fujimura | ... | Mansaku Iori | |
| Shirô Namiki | ... | Suhuru Hosaka | |
| Hiromasa Taguchi | ... | Makoto Tatsumi, sound mixer | |
| Yasukiyo Umeno | ... | Furukawa |
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Toshiyuki Hosokawa introduces his character as Donald McDonald after seeing a McDonald's fast food bag. The reason for this is because Ronald McDonald is known as "Donald McDonald" in Japan. moreFAQ
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Being a fan of Juzo Itami, I went to see "Welcome Back Mr. McDonald" (English title) expecting a dark comedy. I was pleasantly surprised. Though Mitani's film is much lighter than Itami's "Marusa no Onna" for example, I still was laughing out loud along with everyone else in the theatre over scenes like the Gameboy(tm)-playing security guard teaching frantic techies how to create the sound of a dam breaking over a mountain village with rice and a styrofoam cup. This is a cleverly filmed, intelligently written, and well-acted movie. I just wish recent films from Japan like "Rajio no Jikan", "Mononoke Hime" and "After Life" were given the credit they deserve in the United States.