Underplayed Gems

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald poster
Original title
ラヂオの時間
Directed by
Kōki Mitani
Genre
comedy film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
ALL
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 50 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A live radio drama production goes haywire when a housewife performer insists on changing her character name. The director and crew scramble to keep the show on air as the script gets rewritten on the fly.

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What happens

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. 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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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