Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

1997•1h 43m•7.6/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.6/10(43)

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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Production

TOHO, Fuji Television Network

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Toshiaki Karasawa

Toshiaki Karasawa

Manabu Kudo

Kyoka Suzuki

Kyoka Suzuki

Miyako Suzuki

Masahiko Nishimura

Masahiko Nishimura

Tatsuhiko Ushijima

Keiko Toda

Keiko Toda

Nokko Senbon

Toshiyuki Hosokawa

Toshiyuki Hosokawa

Jo Hamamura

Jun Inoue

Jun Inoue

Hiromitsu Hirose

Takehiko Ono

Takehiko Ono

Ben Noda

Kaoru Okunuki

Kaoru Okunuki

Sumiko Nagai

Moro Morooka

Moro Morooka

Bucky

Yoshimasa Kondo

Yoshimasa Kondo

Shiro Suzuki

Shunji Fujimura

Shunji Fujimura

Mansaku Iori

Shirô Namiki

Shirô Namiki

Suhuru Hosaka

Zen Kajihara

Zen Kajihara

Harugoro Otaguro

Hiromasa Taguchi

Hiromasa Taguchi

Makoto Tatsumi

Akira Fuse

Shuji Horinouchi

Yasukiyo Umeno

Yasukiyo Umeno

Furukawa

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Raita Onuki

Kaori Momoi

Kaori Momoi

Takako Nakaura

B-saku Satoh

B-saku Satoh

Iwao Kamota

Matsumoto Kōshirō X

Matsumoto Kōshirō X

Kimihoko Saimeiji

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