

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
1997-11-08 · 103 min · ★ 7.6
A love story written by an ordinary housewife is going to be broadcast as a radio drama and almost everyone among the crew insists on changing various parts of the play to their liking.
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- Directors
- Koki Mitani
- Production companies
- TOHO, Fuji Television Network
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Toshiaki KarasawaManabu Kudo
Kyoka SuzukiMiyako Suzuki
Masahiko NishimuraTatsuhiko Ushijima
Keiko TodaNokko Senbon
Toshiyuki HosokawaJo Hamamura
Jun InoueHiromitsu Hirose
Takehiko OnoBen Noda
Kaoru OkunukiSumiko Nagai
Moro MorookaBucky
Yoshimasa KondoShiro Suzuki
Shunji FujimuraMansaku Iori
Shirô NamikiSuhuru Hosaka
Zen KajiharaHarugoro Otaguro
Hiromasa TaguchiMakoto Tatsumi
Yasukiyo UmenoFurukawa
Ken WatanabeRaita Onuki
Kaori MomoiTakako Nakaura
B-saku SatohIwao Kamota
Matsumoto Kōshirō XKimihoko SaimeijiTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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