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Minna no ie (Our House) Standard Edition (Japan Version - English Subtitles) DVD Region 2

Toshiaki Karasawa | Tanaka Kunie | Shimizu Michiko | Mitani Koki
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Using her real-life experiences and memories, a Japanese housewife writes a heart-warming script that wins a competition at the local radio station. However, minutes before the play is about to be performed live on air, the prima-donna lead actress decides that she wishes to change the name of her character, a simple fisherman's wife from a small town in Japan, to the more glamorous American name "Mary-Jane." She is so adamant that she refuses to take part in the performance if her request is not met.

Not to be outdone, her co-star also demands to change his name - to "Donald McDonald!" When the producers panic and concede that they may as well relocate the story to New York, it triggers a hilarious chain of events as the performers struggle to contend with the mounting implausibilities of the story, each others constant improvisations, and the fragile egos of all concerned.

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Product Title: Radio no Jikan (Welcome Back Mr. McDonald) Standard Edition (Japan Version - English Subtitles) 爆肚風雲 Standard Edition (日本版 - 英文字幕) Radio no Jikan (Welcome Back Mr. McDonald) Standard Edition (Japan Version - English Subtitles) ラヂオの時間 スタンダード・エディション Radio no Jikan (Welcome Back Mr. McDonald) Standard Edition (Japan Version - English Subtitles)
Artist Name(s): Toshiaki Karasawa | Suzuki Kyoka | Inoue Jyun | Fujimura Shunji | Nishimura Masahiko 唐澤壽明 | 鈴木京香 | 井上順 | 藤村俊二 | 西村雅彥 唐泽寿明 | 铃木京香 | 井上顺 | 藤村俊二 | 西村雅彦 唐沢　寿明 | 鈴木京香 | 井上順 | 藤村俊二 | 西村雅彦 Toshiaki Karasawa | Suzuki Kyoka | Inoue Jyun | Fujimura Shunji | Nishimura Masahiko
Director: Mitani Koki 三谷幸喜 三谷幸喜 三谷幸喜 Mitani Koki
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Release Date: 2005-12-23
Publisher Product Code: TDV-15345D
Language: Japanese
Country of Origin: Japan
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it?
Publisher: Fuji TV
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004075841

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タイトル:ラヂオの時間: スタンダード・エディション
出演:唐沢寿明／鈴木京香／西村雅彦／井上順／藤村俊二
監督:三谷幸喜

主婦のみや子は、初めて書いた脚本がラジオドラマに採用され、ラジオ局に見学に訪れた。生放送を直前に控えているスタジオで、期待と不安を胸に少し緊張気味の彼女。そんな時、主演の大女優が役名を"リツコ"から"メアリー・ジェーン"に変えたいと言い出したから、さぁ大変。機嫌を損ねたくないプロデューサーの牛島は、すぐに他の登場人物名も外国人名に変更するよう、やる気のないディレクターに指示する。これを機に、脚本自体も大きく様変わりしていき、みや子は困惑。やがて、出演者たちも口々に不満をつのらせていき…。
人気脚本家・三谷幸喜が初めて劇場用映画のメガホンを取った"密室"シチュエーション・コメディ。ラジオ局という閉ざされた空間で、舞台劇を彷彿とさせるハイテンションなセリフの応酬が実に痛快。メインキャストの鈴木京香、唐沢寿明、西村雅彦に加え、井上順、藤村俊二といったバラエティ畑の面々、そして、細川俊之、渡辺謙、小野武彦、梅野泰靖といったベテラン陣等、それぞれ味のあるキャラを見事にアピールしている。
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■映像特典：特報／予告編／テレビCM／三谷幸喜プロフィール（静止画）／「THE有頂天ホテル」スペシャル・プレビュー・パート1

テクニカル・インフォメーション
色:カラー
画面:16：9／4：3（LB）
言語／音声:日本語：DD（5.1chサラウンド）／日本語：DD（ステレオ）

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製作年:1997
日本小売価格:￥2800
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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9.5 out of 10 (2)
Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9.8 out of 10 (6)

Terence
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December 25, 2008

This customer review refers to Welcome Back Mr. MacDonald
Classic Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
One of my all time favourites. Watched it over 10 times all these years, still enjoy it when there is garbage on tv. I would say this is the best work of the Mitani so far, all others after this one were like Ocean Twelve - just lots of stars, not funny at all, waste of time & $.

Own the vcd version, would love to buy the dvd with Tradition Chinese subs, but not available, sad.
Another one I highly recommend is Messenger by Iijima Naoko 飯島直子 and Kusanagi Tsuyoshi 草薙剛. Sadly that one I also only have vcd version...
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Kevin Kennedy
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May 29, 2008
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 Superb comic farce Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9 out of 10
"Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald" is a brilliant screwball comedy about a radio play gone seriously awry. Novice scriptwriter Suzuki Miyako (perfectly played by Suzuki Kyoka) is thrilled that she has won a scriptwriting contest and will have her script performed on air. (She is a bit deflated when she learns that no one else bothered to enter the contest.)

Her script tells a melodramatic tale of a pachinko parlor worker, married to an unsuccessful used-car salesman, who falls in love with a fisherman who saves her from drowning. But the script must be changed when the prima donna actress hired to play the lead begins making demands. She wants her character's name to be "Mary Jane" and wants her to have a more glamorous career ... say, a trial lawyer. Soon the other actors are making demands (the fisherman morphs into an astronaut named Donald McDonald), the script is being reworked and rewritten on the fly, and the end result is hilarious, nonsensical chaos, with poor Suzuki Miyako in agony as she sees her story torn to shreds.

It is amazing to consider that this film was the first directorial effort by Mitani Koki (who also wrote the script); his control over this comedic maelstrom is masterly. Apart from the marvelous comic timing, what makes this film so special is that it touches the basic human yearnings and foibles within us all.

I recommend "Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald" very highly. I also recommend director Mitani's most recent film, "Uchuoten Hotel" (also available from YesAsia), an equally charming, equally fast-paced comedy.
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Kat
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February 15, 2006
Hilarious and Clever Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
This film was based on a play both written and
directed by Koki Mitani. It was a wonderful satire
that was beautifully acted by an outstanding ensemble
cast. You would laugh it out very laudly.
Too bad as always in most of Asian cinema or series,
the end interview or special features are without
subtitles.
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July 11, 2003

This customer review refers to Welcome Back, Mr Mcdonald
welcome back mr. mac donald Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
I absolutely love this movie when I saw it on the big screen. ever since it came out I have been searching for this movie to buy. its the best foreign movie I've ever seen.
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June
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April 14, 2002

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HILARIOUS!!! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
This is an entertaining and charming comedy about the screw-ups during a live radio drama episode ¡V very funning and heart warming and somewhat of a culture glimpse into Japanese fad with radio dramas and TV games shows.
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