Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

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.^[2] 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).^[3]

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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
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Directed by	Koki Mitani
Screenplay by	Koki Mitani[1]
Produced by	Koichi Murakami Hideyuki Takai[1]
Cinematography	Kenji Takama Junichi Tozawa[1]
Edited by	Hirohide Abe[1]
Music by	Takayuki Hattori[1]
Production companies	Fuji TV Premier International[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	8 November 1997 (1997-11-08) (Japan)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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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.

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald was released in Japan on November 8, 1997 where it was distributed by Toho. The film was released by Tidepoint Pictures/Viz Film in the United States in 1999.^[1]

The film won the Best Screenplay award at the Mainichi Film Concours. At the Japanese Academy Awards, Masahiko Nishimura won the award for Best Supporting Actor (also for Woman of the Police Protection Program) and for Most Popular Performer, and the film won for Best Sound.^[1]