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Welcome Back Mr. McDonald (1998)

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Noted television screenwriter and founder of the acclaimed theatrical group Tokyo Sunshine Boys, Koki Mitani makes his directorial debut with this wickedly funny look at a live radio broadcast gone horribly wrong. As a part of a PR stunt, a Tokyo radio station holds an amateur screenwriting contest and the winner (and only contestant) is a meek and guileless housewife named Miyako (Kyoka Suzuki) who spun a sincere little melodrama about a marriage falling apart. At first, everything seems like a

Unrated, 1 hr. 38 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Koki Mitani

Mar 18, 2003

Tidepoint Pictures

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Mr. McDonald is a loving tribute to the magic of storytelling that's warm, huggable, overflowing with wonder and charm.

July 17, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

Even if it doesn't generate many laughs, it's good-spirited tone will put a smile in your heart, and its rousing ending will likely have you applauding.

November 13, 2001 Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | Comment
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A really funny Japanese movie about a radio show, but the actors want their character's name changed, then the setting, then the plot. What will the poor scriptwriter do?

June 5, 2007
coolystewie
Anna L

All Is Fair in Love and Radio Station In a recording studio of a Tokyo radio station at midnight, just an hour before the live airing of a drama, shy housewife Miyako Suzuki (Kyoka Suzuki) finds herself in panic when her first autobiographical script is demanded to be rewritten by an egocentric radio drama star,

July 12, 2010
Tomomi S.
Tomomi Shimizu

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